Jeff talks about his parents’ upbringing as his mother was born in Canada and his father was a Nationalist Chinese army officer during WWII. He shares his experience growing up in Vancouver and being a minority at his school. He voices the importance of trying and being open to criticism.
Dr. Jeff Chang was born in Vancouver, BC, to a Canadian born mother and a father who came to Canada as a Nationalist Chinese army officer during World War II. This gives him a distinctive perspective as Chinese-Canadian growing up in Canada. He is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Disciplines at Athabasca University. He is a Registered Psychologist (AB) and a Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Jeff has worked in children’s mental health, employee assistance programs, and private practice. In his current practice he works mainly with families embroiled in high-conflict separation and divorce. He publishes in the areas of high conflict divorce, clinical supervision, child and family therapy, postmodern therapies, and school-based counselling. He provides clinical supervision at Calgary Family Therapy Centre and privately to Registered Provisional Psychologists.
