Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting
Professor in Clinical Psychology
BS in Psychology, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
MA in Clinical Psychology, Wheaton College
MA in Theology, PhD in Clinical Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
Courses Taught
PC808 Community and Cultural psychology
PG852 Advance Research Method
PG820 Cognitive and Affective Psychology
Campus Affiliations
Areas of Expertise
Cultural and indigenous psychology, mental health of minorities, psychology of religion and spirituality, disaster mental health, indigenous healing traditions and wisdom, clinical supervision and training
Current Research
Research Profile: Google Scholar, ORCID, Research Gate, Linkedin
Research Network: SEAIP
Research Lab: Travis Research Institute
“My greatest joy is to see people from under-privileged backgrounds thrive and flourish despite the sufferings they have to go through in their daily lives. That is what the incarnated love Christ has shown me, which I try to embody throughout my career as an academician and clinician.”
Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting
Bio
Rachel Sing-Kiat Ting joined the Fuller faculty in October 2025 as professor in clinical psychology, bringing more than 20 years of experience in clinical training and research. She serves as chair of the culture and community track of the clinical psychology PhD program, cultivating young researchers and students through her Global Psychology and Well-being Lab. She is also leader of the newly developed Master of Mental Health and Ministry program.
Dr. Ting has held active California licensure as a psychologist since 2009. The previous year, after finishing an internship at the University of California, San Diego, and post-doc training at the University of Southern California, she returned to Asia as a pioneering clinical psychologist. She was clinical director for the first Master in Clinical Psychology program at HELP University (Malaysia), vice-chair for the first UG in Social Work program at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), and program chair for the Master of Professional Counselling program (MOPC) in Monash, Malaysia.
In addition to teaching and training, Ting has extensive research experience with cultural minority groups from China and Malaysia. She has published in international journals, secured international grants as principal investigator, led multidisciplinary teams of international researchers, and established the Culture and Health Lab at Monash University to mentor early-career researchers and students. She is also founder and director of the Southeast Indigenous Psychology Network, founded to empower psychological researchers in this region to conduct culturally relevant studies.
As a humanitarian volunteer, Ting’s community engagement reflects her passion for disaster relief and trauma-informed outreaches. To date, she has founded two multidisciplinary psychosocial service platforms in China and Malaysia to address difficult social injustice issues among marginalized populations such as indigenous people, ethnic minorities, refugees, migrants, and sexual minorities. Her international engagement, advocacy, and leadership led her to become a core member of the APA’s Committee for Global Psychology (2025–2027) and a special taskforce on disaster response (2025).
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