Chia-Chiang Wang, wearing glasses and a black button-up shirt, stands against a plain grey background, looking slightly to the side.

Chia-Chiang (CC) Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor + Director of Training

Counselor Education and Supervision

Chicago

“Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.” – Carl Rogers

cwang3@adler.edu (312) 662 4050 Connect on LinkedIn Connect on Research Gate Curriculum Vitae

OVERVIEW

Dr. Wang is a counselor educator, quantitative researcher, and methodologist with more than a decade of experience in teaching, research, and clinical training. His expertise spans appraisal and measurement, career counseling and coaching, psychiatric rehabilitation, and counseling people with neurodivergence and different abilities. A licensed professional counselor (LPC) and certified rehabilitation counselor (CRC), he is recognized for integrating evidence-based practice with innovative approaches to counselor education.

At Adler University, Dr. Wang serves as associate professor and director of training for the Doctoral Program in Counselor Education and Supervision (DCES), where he teaches courses in research methods, appraisal, and doctoral internship seminars while providing supervision and support to doctoral students.

Before joining Adler in 2023, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and he directed the clinical rehabilitation counseling master’s program from 2022 to 2023.

MEMBERSHIPS + ASSOCIATIONS

  • American Counseling Association (ACA)
  • American Psychological Association (APA)–Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology)
  • American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA)

PUBLICATIONS + PRESENTATIONS

Publications

Congruence/Genuineness

2019 In J. C. Norcross & M. Lambert (Eds.), Psychotherapy Relationships That Work: Evidence-Based Therapist Contributions (3rd ed., pp. 323–350). New York: Oxford University Press
Author(s): Kolden, G. G., Wang, C.-C., Austin, S. B., Chang, Y., and Greenfield, M. H.

Congruence/Genuineness: A Meta-Analysis

2018 Psychotherapy, 55(4), 424–433
Author(s): Kolden, G. G., Wang, C.-C., Austin, S. B., Chang, Y., and Greenfield, M. H.

State Unemployment Rate and Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Multilevel Analysis

2014 Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 57, 209–218
Author(s): Chan, J. Y.-C., Wang, C.-C., Kim, J. H., Ditchman, N., Pete, J., and Chan, F.

Evidence-Based Practice and Research Utilization

2012 In D. Maki & V. Tarvydas (Eds.), Professional Practice of Rehabilitation Counseling (pp. 391–412). New York: Springer
Author(s): Chan, F., Sung, C., Muller, V., Wang, C.-C., Fujikawa, M., and Anderson, C. A.

Societal Attitudes Toward Disability: Concepts, Measurements, and Interventions

2009 In F. Chan, E. Cardoso, & J. Chronister (Eds.), Psychosocial Interventions for People with Chronic Illness and Disability: A Handbook for Evidence-Based Rehabilitation Health Professionals (pp. 333–367). New York: Springer
Author(s): Chan, F., Livneh, H., Pruett, S., Wang, C.-C., and Zheng, L. X.

Presentations

Using social justice as the focus of an entry-level rehabilitation counseling education program

2022 Fall Conference, National Council on Rehabilitation Education – Washington, D.C.
Author(s): Wang, C.-C., & Chow, T.-Y.

Congruence/Genuineness: A meta-analysis

2019 American Psychological Association Convention – Chicago, Illinois
Author(s): Chang, Y., Wang, C.-C., Austin, S. B., Kolden, G. G., & Greenfield, M. H.

LEADERSHIP + COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

  • Regional Representative (Board Member), National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE); 2015-2020