Harold Chui obtained his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the University of Toronto and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Maryland at College Park. He completed postdoctoral research in psychotherapy at The Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology in New York. He is a Licensed Psychologist in New York, Registered Counselling Psychologist in The Hong Kong Psychological Society, and Certified Counsellor in The Hong Kong Professional Counselling Association.
Harold teaches counselling-related courses (e.g., school guidance and counselling, personal growth, counselling techniques and process) at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and currently serves as Associate Dean of Students at Lee Woo Sing College at CUHK. He is also an associate editor for Psychotherapy and an editorial board member for Journal of Counseling Psychology.
Harold's research interests include multicultural issues in counselling, psychotherapist training and supervision, counselling process and outcome, and teacher and student mental health.
Chui, H., Li, X., & Luk, S. (2022). Therapist emotion and emotional change with clients: Effects on perceived empathy and session quality. Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000442
Chui, H., Chong, E. S. K., Atzil-Slonim, D., Sahin, Z., Solomonov, N., Minges, M. V., Kuprian, N., & Barber, J. P. (2021). Beyond symptom reduction: Development and validation of the Complementary Measure of Psychotherapy Outcome (COMPO). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(5), 550–561. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000536
Chui, H. & Liu, F. (2021). Emotional experience of psychotherapists: A latent profile analysis. Psychotherapy, 58(3), 401–413. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000379
Chui, H., & Hill, C.E. (2020). Keep calm and alert and carry on: Therapist calmness and fatigue in relation to session process. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 33(1), 66-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2018.1502160
Chui, H., Palma, B., Jackson, J. L., & Hill, C. E. (2020). Therapist-client agreement on helpful and wished-for experiences in psychotherapy: Associations with outcome. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 67(3), 349-360. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000393
Knox, S., Hill, C. E., Knowlton, G., Chui, H., Pruitt, N., Tate, K. (2017). Crying in psychotherapy: The perspective of therapists and clients. Psychotherapy, 54(3), 292-306. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000123
Chui, H., Hill, C. E., Kline, K., Kuo, P., & Mohr, J. J. (2016). Are you in the mood? Therapist affect and psychotherapy process. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63(4), 405-418. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000155
Chui, H., Zilcha-Mano, S., Dinger, U., Barrett, M. S. & Barber, J. P. (2016). Dependency and self-criticism in treatments for depression. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63(4), 452-459. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000142
Zilcha-Mano, S., Chui, H., Dolev, T., McCarthy, K. S., Dinger, U., & Barber, J. P. (2016). Changes in causal attributions and relationship representations: Are they specific or common mechanisms in treatments for depression? Journal of Affective Disorders, 193, 73-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.12.073
Hill, C. E., Gelso, C. J., Chui, H., Spangler, P. T., Hummel, A., Huang, T., & ... Miles, J. R. (2014). To be or not to be immediate with clients: The use and perceived effects of immediacy in psychodynamic/interpersonal psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 24(3), 299-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2013.812262
Hill, C. E., Chui, H., & Baumann, E. (2013). Revisiting and reenvisioning the outcome problem in psychotherapy: An argument to include individualized and qualitative measurement. Psychotherapy, 50(1), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030571
Duan, C., Hill, C. E., Jiang, G., Hu, B., Chui, H., Hui, K., Liu, J., & Yu, L. (2012). Therapist directives: Use and outcomes in China. Psychotherapy Research, 22(4), 442-457. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2012.664292
Training and Supervision
Chui, H., Li, X., & Luk, S. (2021). Does peer relationship matter? A multilevel investigation of the effects of peer and supervisory relationships on group supervision outcomes. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(4), 457-466. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000553
Chui, H., McGann, K. J., Ziemer, K. S., Hoffman, M. A., & Stahl, J. (2018). Trainees’ use of supervision for therapy with sexual minority clients: A qualitative study. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 65(1), 36-50. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000232
Chui, H., Hill, C. E., Ain, S., Ericson, S. K., Ganginis Del Pino, H. V., Hummel, A. M., Merson, E. S., & Spangler, P. T. (2014). Training undergraduate students to use challenges. The Counseling Psychologist, 42(6), 758-777.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000014542599
Chui, H., Ziemer, K., Palma, B., & Hill, C. E. (2014). Peer relationships in counseling psychology training. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 27 (2), 127-153.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2013.873858
Gelso, C. J., Baumann, E. C., Chui, H. T., & Savela, A. E. (2013). The making of a scientist-psychotherapist: The research training environment and the psychotherapist. Psychotherapy, 50(2), 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028257
Multicultural Issues in Counseling
Liu, F., Chui, H., & Chung, M. C. (2022). Clients’ experience of LGBQ affirmative and nonaffirmative practice in China: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychotherapy, 59(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000428
Liu, F., Chui, H., & Chung, M. C. (2021). Reciprocal/authoritarian filial piety and mental well-being among in the Chinese LGB population: The roles of LGB-specific and general interpersonal factors. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02130-5
Liu, F. S., Chui, H., Chung, M. C. (2021). The effects of LGB experiences and internal beliefs on LGB affirmative counselor competence among Chinese counselors. Psychotherapy. 58(1), 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000346
Liu, F. S., Chui, H., & Chung, M. C. (2021). The moderating effect of filial piety on the relationship between perceived public stigma and internalized homophobia: A national survey of the Chinese LGB population. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 18, 160-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-020-00446-w
Dolev, T., Zilcha-Mano, S., Chui, H., Barrett, M. S., McCarthy, K. S., & Barber, J. P. (2018). The process of change in ethnic minority males undergoing psychodynamic psychotherapy: The analyses of good and poor outcome cases. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 32(2), 157-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2017.1417323
Lu, Y., Chui H., Zhu R., Zhao, H., Zhang Y., Liao, J., & Miller, M. J. (2018). What does ‘good adjustment’ mean for Chinese international students? A qualitative investigation. The Counseling Psychologist, 46(8), 979-1009.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000018824283
Children/Adolescent and School Mental Health
Cheung, A. C. K., Chao, G. C. N., Lau, E., Leung, A. N. M., & Chui, H. (2022). Cultivating the psychological well-being of early-childhood education teachers: the importance of quality work life. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 17, 1533-1553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-021-09959-x
Liu, F. S., Chui, H., & Chung, M. C. (2020). The effect of parent-adolescent relationship quality on deviant peer affiliation: The mediating role of self-control and friendship quality. The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(10-11), 2714-2736. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520937358