“Language etches the grooves through which your thoughts must flow.”
— Noam Chomsky
Languages I speak:
English
Chinese, Simplified and Traditional 中文
French (basic), Français (élémentaire)
Classical Tibetan བོད་ཡིག (Bod-yig)
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Ever Zhang 张蕴枫 is a graduate student in the Department of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, currently training to become a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) in California. She earned her B.A. in Anthropology and Classical Scripts from McGill University and an Ed.M. in Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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As a first-generation college student and immigrant from China, Ever approaches mental health through a perspective profoundly shaped by cultural, linguistic, and migratory experiences. She regards culture and language not as peripheral to mainstream mental health research and clinical practice, but as the central forces that construct identity, shape beliefs, and drive behaviors. Her research interests center around understanding how these forces both contribute to the emergence of mental health challenges and can be harnessed to inform the design of interventions that are genuinely effective and contextually meaningful.
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Guided by a strong belief in experiential learning, Ever aspires to integrate her background in learning sciences with her clinical training to develop approaches that are culturally attuned and deeply embodied. Drawing on her entrepreneurial experience in EdTech, she also brings a nuanced understanding of technology’s dual potential: its capacity to exacerbate mental health issues as well as its promise to expand accessibility and enhance the quality of mental health care. As she often reflects, if harm can be inflicted with the lift of a fingertip, so too should healing be made possible.