Yaliu He, Ph.D., LMFT

Dr. Yaliu He teaches courses in intimate relationships, family therapy with children and adolescent, family therapy theories, family lifespan development, and research methods in MFT. She is an AAMFT approved supervisor and provides clinical supervision to students. Her goal is to expose students to various MFT theories and techniques and facilitate theoretical integration and empirically informed practice using the Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST) approach. Her research focuses on the processes and outcomes of couple and family therapy, children’s mental health issues within trauma contexts, and culturally responsive parenting.

Dr. Yaliu He is an associate professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy Department.

Dr. He has a deep passion for marital and family therapy training and practice. She primarily trains students with the Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST) perspective, a multi-theoretical, multi-systemic, and empirically informed perspective that abstracts concepts and interventions from a variety of therapies to facilitate effective changes for clients. She serves the community by providing therapy services and consultation for research projects. For the MFT profession, she was an associate editor for Family Process in 2018-2023 and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy since 2021.

Dr. He conducts psychotherapy research focused on enhancing therapy outcomes for couples, children, and families. Her scholarly work spans two interconnected areas: psychotherapy outcomes and processes, and the mental health of at-risk children and adolescents. Utilizing advanced quantitative methods, her research examines the effectiveness of client-focused approaches in improving outcomes in individual, couples, and family therapy. 

1. Pinsof, W., Zinbarg, R., He, Y., Goldsmith, J., Latta, T. & Lebow, J. (2024). Does the STIC measurement and feedback system improve multisystemic outcomes in individual, couple, and family Therapy? A randomized clinical trial. Psychotherapy Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2283523 (IF = 3.9)
2. He, Y., Hardy, N., Fisher, A., & *Lokatama, I. (2023). The development of the Integrative Systemic Therapist. Fokus På Familien.
3. He, Y., Zinbarg, R., Goldsmith, J., Williams, A., & Pinsof, W. (2023). Sensitivity to Change of The Systemic Therapy Inventory of Change (STIC) Intersession Scales.
4. Zamir, O. Bentley, G., & He, Y. (2022). A Promotive Process of Resource Gain against Harsh and Inconsistent Discipline in Mothers Coping with Breast Cancer: A Serial Mediation Model. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
5. He, Y., Fisher, A., Wanson, S., & Lebow, J. (2022). Integrating individual, couple, and family therapy: Integrative Systemic Therapy. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.
6. He, Y., Li, X., Zhao, J., & An, Y. (2021). Family resilience, media exposure and children’s mental health during COVID-19. The Family Journal.
7. He, Y., Hardy, N., & Russell, W. (2021). Integrative systemic supervision: Promoting supervisees’ theoretical integration in systemic therapy. Family Process.