Mark Yang, PsyD

Mark Yang, PsyD, is an American licensed clinical psychologist and co-founder and director of the International Institute of Existential-Humanistic Psychology (http://www.iiehp.org), whose mission is to promote Existential-Humanistic Psychology and provide counseling skills training to mental health professionals in Asia.  He is actively involved in the training and supervision of psychology students from the Existential-Humanistic Perspective throughout Asia.  His professional interests include:  Existential Psychology, Individual and Group Psychotherapy, Grief and Bereavement Counseling, Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice, and Cross-Cultural Psychology.  Dr. Yang is the editor of the book Existential Psychology and the Way of the Tao:  Meditations on the Writings of Zhuangzi.  He is also the co-editor of the books Existential Psychology: East-West Volumes 1 & 2.  Dr. Yang was born in Taiwan and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was nine years old.  He is also a dog and cat lover.

Books

Yang, M. (2020). Lighting the candle: Taoist principles in supervision conducted from an existential-humanistic perspective. University Professors Press. PURCHASE HERE

Hoffman, L., Yang, M., Mansilla, M., Dias, J., Moats, M., & Claypool, T. (2019). Existential psychology East-West (Vol. 2). University Professors Press. PURCHASE HERE

Hoffman, L., Yang, M., Kaklauskas, F. J., Chan, A., & Mansilla, M. (2019). Existential psychology east-west (Volume 1: Rev. & expanded ed.). Colorado Springs, CO: University Professors Press. PURCHASE HERE

Yang, M. (2017). Existential psychology and the way of the tao: Meditations on the writings of Zhuangzi. New York, NY: Routledge. PURCHASE HERE

Journal Articles

Yang, M., & Hoffman, L. (2011). Introduction to the special section on the first International Conference on Existential Psychology. The Humanistic Psychologist, 39(3), 236-239. http://dx.doi.org.libproxy.uccs.edu/10.1080/08873267.2011.592467

Ren, Z., Gao, M., Yang, M., & Qu, W. (2018). Personal transformation process of mental health relief workers in Sichuan earthquake. Journal of Religion and Health, 57, 2313-2324.

Book Chapters

Yang, M. (2019) The beauty of zhi mian. In L. Hoffman, M. Yang, M. Mansilla, J. Dias, M. Moats, & T. Claypool (Eds.), Existential psychology East-West (Vol. 2; pp. 47-55). University Professors Press.

Yang, M., & Hoffman, L. (2019). An existential-humanistic framework for international psychology. In L. Hoffman, M. Yang, M. Mansilla, J. Dias, M. Moats, & T. Claypool (Eds.), Existential psychology East-West (Vol. 2; pp. 57-70). University Professors Press.

Hoffman, L., Yang, M., Mansilla, M., Dias, J., Moats, M., & Claypool, T. (2019). Introduction from the West. In L. Hoffman, M. Yang, M. Mansilla, J. Dias, M. Moats, & T. Claypool (Eds.), Existential psychology East-West (Vol. 2; pp. iii-vi). University Professors Press.

Hoffman, L., Jackson, T., Mendelowitz, E., Wang, X., Yang, M., Bradford, K., & Schneider, K. J. (2019). Challenges and new developments in existential-humanistic and existential-integrative therapy. In . E. Van Deurzen, E. Craig, A. Längle, K. J. Schneider, D. Tantum, & S. du Plock (Eds.), The Wiley world handbook of existential therapy (pp. 290-303). Wiley.

Rubin, S., Hoffman, L., & Yang, M. (2019). Key texts of existential-humanistic and existential-integrative therapy. In . E. Van Deurzen, E. Craig, A. Längle, K. J. Schneider, D. Tantum, & S. du Plock (Eds.), The Wiley world handbook of existential therapy (pp. 282-289). Wiley.

Yang, M. (2019). Existential themes in the parables of Jesus. In L. Hoffman, M. Yang, F. J. Kaklauskas, A. Chan, & M. Mansilla (Eds.), Existential psychology east-west (Vol. 1, Rev. & Expanded ed.; pp. 191-207). Colorado Springs, CO: University Professors Press.

Hsu, A., Broomé, R., Mansilla, M., Phoo, E., Dias, J., Moats, M., Hoffman, L, & Yang, M. (2019). Further development of existential-humanistic dialogues in Southeast Asia. In L. Hoffman, M. Yang, F. J., Kaklauskas, A. Chan, & M. Mansilla (Eds.), Existential psychology east-west (Vol. 1: Rev. & expanded ed.; pp. 97-109). Colorado Springs, CO: University Professors Press.

Thrash, J. C., Kaklauskas, F., Dow, M., Saxon, E., Chan, A., Hoffman, L, & Yang, M. (2019). Existential-Humanistic psychology dialogues in China: Beginning the conversation. In L. Hoffman, M. Yang, F. J., Kaklauskas, A. Chan, & M. Mansilla (Eds.), Existential psychology east-west (Vol. 1: Rev. & expanded ed.; pp. 97-109). Colorado Springs, CO: University Professors Press.

Random Quote

Look for inspiration and guidance that comes to you by how events conspire to teach you more about yourself and open up possibilities of experience.

— Franklin Sollars, Love Outraged and the Liberation of the Core Self