Yaliu He, Ph.D., LMFT

Dr. Yaliu He teaches courses in family therapy theories, intimate relationships, relational assessment, human development and lifespan, and research methods in MFT. She also 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 Social Work & 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.

Dr. He’s scholarly goal is to develop and study personalized prevention and intervention strategies targeting mental health distress among at-risk children. She conduct research across two interrelated areas: psychotherapy outcomes and processes, and the mental health of at-risk children and adolescents. Her primary work utilizes advanced quantitative methodology to investigate the efficacy of client-focused approaches in improving the outcomes of individual, couple and family therapy. 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.

1. Pinsof, W., Zinbarg, R., He, Y., Goldsmith, J., Latta, T. & Lebow, J. (in press). Does the STIC measurement and feedback system improve multisystemic outcomes in individual, couple, and family Therapy? A randomized clinical trial. Psychotherapy Research. 

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.