Seungbin Oh, PhD. LPC. NCC
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
Dr. Oh currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine Program at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, within the Department of Psychiatry. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor and co-founder of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Merrimack College, Massachusetts. He holds licensure as a professional counselor and is a nationally certified counselor. His research primarily focuses on suicidality and associated mental health issues such as depression among marginalized youth and young adults, including those in Asian American and Asian communities.
Dr. Oh also actively explores the social and cultural determinants of mental health, including sociocultural discrimination—encompassing racism, sexism, and homophobia—and its impact on racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, refugees, and sexual and gender minority groups. He has also studied the reduction of mental health disparities and the impact of culturally competent behaviors and skills by helping professionals during therapeutic sessions. Dr. Oh has developed the “Client Assessment of Multiculturally Competent Behaviors,” the first assessment in the mental health field designed to measure clients’ perceptions of their therapists’ cultural competency at a behavioral level. He continues to refine this assessment to better identify specific skills that effectively address the unique mental health needs of diverse client populations. In recognition of his contributions to the field, Dr. Oh was awarded the 2023 American Counseling Association (ACA) Research Award, honoring his impactful and high-quality research that significantly advances mental health counseling literature.
Other Positions
- Assistant Professor, Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine Program, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Education
- University of Central Florida, PhD
- Emporia State University, MS
- Dankook University, BA
Publications
- Published on 12/17/2024
Oh S, Banawa R, Keum BT, Zhou S. Suicidal behaviors associated with psychosocial stressors and substance use among a national sample of Asian American college students. J Affect Disord. 2025 Mar 01; 372:540-547. PMID: 39701466.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/4/2023
Yan Z, Peacock J, Cohen JFW, Kurdziel L, Benes S, Oh S, Bowling A. An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study. Nutrients. 2023 Mar 04; 15(5). PMID: 36904282.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/9/2022
Seungbin Oh; Stacey Diane Arañez Litam; Catharina Y. Chang. Racism and Stress-Related Growth Among Asian Internationals: Ethnic Identity, Resilience, and Coping During COVID-19. Racism and Stress-Related Growth Among Asian Internationals: Ethnic Identity, Resilience, and Coping During COVID-19. 2022.
- Published on 11/9/2022
Oh S, Litam SDA, Chang CY. Racism and Stress-Related Growth Among Asian Internationals: Ethnic Identity, Resilience, and Coping During COVID-19. Int J Adv Couns. 2023; 45(2):226-248. PMID: 36406108.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2022
Litam SA, Oh S. Coping strategies as moderators of COVID-19 racial discrimination in Filipino Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology. 2022; 1(13):18-29.
Read at: Custom - Published on 1/1/2022
Oh S, Shillingford A, Plocha A. Parents of color: Engaging challenge in children’s STEM education and school counselor. The Career Development Quarterly. 2022; 1-15.
Read at: Custom - Published on 1/1/2022
Kim N, Oh S, Han E. Effects of a reflective cultural audit intervention on multicultural and social justice counseling competencies of counseling students. Counseling and Psychotherapy Research. 2022; 1-7.
Read at: Custom - Published on 1/1/2022
Oh S, Litam SA. COVID-19 Racial Discrimination on Mental Health and Life Satisfaction Among Asian Americans: Examining a Moderated Mediation Model. Asian American Journal of Psychology. 2022; 1-13.
Read at: Custom - Published on 1/1/2022
Oh S, Chang C, Priest A, Kwag D. Relationship between Orientation toward Multicultural Competence, Multicultural Competent Behaviors, and Working Alliance: Examining a Multigroup Mediation Model. Journal of Counseling and Development. 2022; 1-12.
Read at: Custom - Published on 1/1/2021
Litam SA, Oh S, Chang CY. Resilience and coping as moderators of stress-related growth in Asians and AAPI during COVID-19. The Professional Counselor. 2021; 2(11):248-266.
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