Mengchun "Meng" Chiang, PhD

Clinical Psychologist / Outreach Coordinator 

Dr. Chiang earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University in 2014. As a clinical fellow in psychology at Harvard Medical School (2013-2015), she completed a clinical psychology internship focusing on Asian mental health and trauma, and fulfilled a postdoctoral training focusing on psychological assessment and psychotherapy process and outcome research at Cambridge Hospital. She served as an Assistant Professor and the Director of Clinical Outcome Research & Evaluation at William James College (2015-2017) to support efforts on psychological assessment and outcome-informed care. Dr. Chiang’s focus on college mental health condensed when serving as a staff psychologist at the Counseling and Psychological Services (CaPS) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU, 2018-2020). With the charge to lead efforts toward APA accreditation for the doctoral psychology internship program in health service psychology at CMU CaPS, Dr. Chiang subsequently served as the program director (2020-2022) and the Assistant Director of Training (2022-2024). CMU CaPS psychology internship program received full APA accreditation status in October 2023 during Dr. Chiang’s tenure. 

Dr. Chiang’s research, scholarship and professional interests include leadership development and training, program development and evaluation, trauma-informed care, mental health disparity, psychotherapy process and outcome, clinical supervision, and coalition building. Dr. Chiang is passionate about supporting leaders with diverse background to achieve collective wellness. She is heartened to have offered numerous workshops, training and presentations on topics related to mental health, community wellness, and leadership development nationally and internationally. Dr. Chiang is the recipient of Distinguished Pioneer Award from the Psychology of Feminist Women of Color of the American Psychological Association in 2022, and the Grant Recipient of Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers Call to Action in 2021. 

Clinically, Dr. Chiang works from an integrated approach that centers on individuals in context with the goal of meeting every person where they are. Her training draws from the foundational knowledge of humanistic psychology, existential phenomenology, psychodynamic psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, internal family systems, and cultural relational theory. In her free time, Dr. Chiang enjoys traveling, loving-kindness meditation, music, walks, and grocery shopping.