Dr. Anna Yu Lee

Dr. Yu Lee draws from over 20 years of diverse teaching and research experience in a wide range of therapeutic techniques to serve adults experiencing grief, anxiety, depression, relational challenges, and existential struggles. Applying the non-diagnostic concept that suffering and divergence are part of the normal human condition, she exercises minimal use of clinical labels. Her education and training are in multicultural psychology, public health, and biostatistics. She is not licensed as a clinical psychologist in the state of California.

Dr. Yu Lee’s professional experience spans the fields of journalism, counseling, residential care management, health promotion, and undergraduate/graduate instruction, with contributions including the planning, delivering, and evaluation of workshops, health initiatives, group activities, and interventions for individuals and groups disadvantaged by poverty, domestic violence, physical/psychological abuse, disability, isolation, and homelessness.

While Dr. Yu Lee’s academic scholarship has primarily focused on multicultural perceptions and treatment of stigmatized health behaviors, she has also produced research in the area of emotions, eating behaviors, obesity, substance use, cognitive health, memory, and statistical science. Her publications have appeared in journals of public health, social and behavioral health, and statistical education, as well as a reference text on substance and behavioral addictions published by the Cambridge University Press. On the subjects of her publications, she has presented to academic, clinical, and industry audiences in multiple countries in North America, Western Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East.

During her leisure time, Dr. Yu Lee enjoys spending time with family, friends, and animals.