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At BTI, you will learn from staff who are experienced teachers and educators, researchers, practitioners, health workers and graduates themselves. Many have worked in private practice, for public institutions and for universities in Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas.
Biography
Hyeeun (she/her) serves as the Senior Educator and Co-ordinator of Trauma Majors in the School of Postgraduate Studies, Research & Development. A graduate of the University of Auckland, she previously taught in the Counsellor Education programmes at Laidlaw College and AUT University before joining BTI. As a counsellor, her experience spans a range of field including the University of Auckland Health and Counselling Centre, Papatoetoe Counselling Services Centre, Totara Hospice, and Problem Gambling Foundation of NZ.
Hyeeun is also an adjunct lecturer, delivering courses on Pastoral Care and Christian Formation to Presbyterian ministry interns at the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership (KCML) in Dunedin. She is also actively involved in the community, working as a consultant with various organisations and government agencies, and frequently speaks on mental health issues at workshops, conferences and tertiary institutions.
Brodie (in the photo), her trained therapy dog and a formal trauma survivor, has been an integral part of her teaching and trauma therapy since 2017, providing emotional support to her students, clients and clinical supervisees.
Research
Kim, H. (in press). “They felt our pain”: Pasifika students’ experience of counsellor educators. New Zealand Journal of Counselling.
Kim, H. (2022). COVID-19: Experiences and strategies of secondary school counsellors in the 2021 Auckland lockdown. New Zealand Journal of Counselling, 42(1), 29-58.
Kim, H. (2022). Counselling Korean migrants in New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Counselling, 42(1), 85-108.
Kim, H. (2021). Negotiating cultural tension: Parenthood and 1.5 generation Korean New Zealanders. In J. Y. Lee, & M. Kim (Eds.), The 1.5 generation Korean diaspora: A comparative understanding of identity, culture and transnationalism (pp. 97-115). Lexington Books.
Kim, H. & Agee, M. (2019) ‘Where are you from?’ Identity as a key to parenting by 1.5 generation Korean-New Zealand migrants and implications for counselling, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 47(1), 35-49.
Areas of Expertise
Research Projects
‘Migration experiences of 1.5 generation’: An entry to ‘Elgar Encyclopaedia of Social Works’, due to be published in 2025
‘The experiences of counsellors in trauma therapy: Challenges in practice and training needs for professional development’: Funded ‘Special Project’ by Christian Education Trust (CET) in 2025
Fouche, C. & Kim, H. (2015). ‘Young people’s perspectives on youth employment in Franklin, Auckland’. Scoping research report prepared for Auckland Council. View the Scoping Research for Auckland Council, 2015
Conference Presentations
“Recent Conference Presentation”
Kim, H. (2025, March 27). Trauma-informed church: Illuminating ‘Immanuel’ for those experiencing unfixable suffering. [Conference presentation]. Laidlaw College Hope conference, Auckland.
Kim, H. (2023, September 08). COVID-19: Experiences and strategies of secondary school counsellors in the 2021 Auckland lockdown. [Workshop presentation]. NZAC mini conference, Auckland.
Kim, H. (2023, September 08). Learning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zeeland Tertiary Institutions. [Workshop presentation]. NZAC mini conference, Auckland.
Kim, H. (2023, July 03). A report on learning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zeeland Tertiary Institutions. [Community consultation workshop]. Pasifika Counsellor’s Collective, Auckland.
At BTI, you will learn from staff who are experienced teachers and educators, researchers, practitioners, health workers and graduates themselves. Many have worked in private practice, for public institutions and for universities in Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas.
Biography
Hyeeun (she/her) serves as the Senior Educator and Co-ordinator of Trauma Majors in the School of Postgraduate Studies, Research & Development. A graduate of the University of Auckland, she previously taught in the Counsellor Education programmes at Laidlaw College and AUT University before joining BTI. As a counsellor, her experience spans a range of field including the University of Auckland Health and Counselling Centre, Papatoetoe Counselling Services Centre, Totara Hospice, and Problem Gambling Foundation of NZ.
Hyeeun is also an adjunct lecturer, delivering courses on Pastoral Care and Christian Formation to Presbyterian ministry interns at the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership (KCML) in Dunedin. She is also actively involved in the community, working as a consultant with various organisations and government agencies, and frequently speaks on mental health issues at workshops, conferences and tertiary institutions.
Brodie (in the photo), her trained therapy dog and a formal trauma survivor, has been an integral part of her teaching and trauma therapy since 2017, providing emotional support to her students, clients and clinical supervisees.
Research
Kim, H. (in press). “They felt our pain”: Pasifika students’ experience of counsellor educators. New Zealand Journal of Counselling.
Kim, H. (2022). COVID-19: Experiences and strategies of secondary school counsellors in the 2021 Auckland lockdown. New Zealand Journal of Counselling, 42(1), 29-58.
Kim, H. (2022). Counselling Korean migrants in New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Counselling, 42(1), 85-108.
Kim, H. (2021). Negotiating cultural tension: Parenthood and 1.5 generation Korean New Zealanders. In J. Y. Lee, & M. Kim (Eds.), The 1.5 generation Korean diaspora: A comparative understanding of identity, culture and transnationalism (pp. 97-115). Lexington Books.
Kim, H. & Agee, M. (2019) ‘Where are you from?’ Identity as a key to parenting by 1.5 generation Korean-New Zealand migrants and implications for counselling, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 47(1), 35-49.
Areas of Expertise
Research Projects
‘Migration experiences of 1.5 generation’: An entry to ‘Elgar Encyclopaedia of Social Works’, due to be published in 2025
‘The experiences of counsellors in trauma therapy: Challenges in practice and training needs for professional development’: Funded ‘Special Project’ by Christian Education Trust (CET) in 2025
Fouche, C. & Kim, H. (2015). ‘Young people’s perspectives on youth employment in Franklin, Auckland’. Scoping research report prepared for Auckland Council. View the Scoping Research for Auckland Council, 2015
Conference Presentations
“Recent Conference Presentation”
Kim, H. (2025, March 27). Trauma-informed church: Illuminating ‘Immanuel’ for those experiencing unfixable suffering. [Conference presentation]. Laidlaw College Hope conference, Auckland.
Kim, H. (2023, September 08). COVID-19: Experiences and strategies of secondary school counsellors in the 2021 Auckland lockdown. [Workshop presentation]. NZAC mini conference, Auckland.
Kim, H. (2023, September 08). Learning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zeeland Tertiary Institutions. [Workshop presentation]. NZAC mini conference, Auckland.
Kim, H. (2023, July 03). A report on learning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zeeland Tertiary Institutions. [Community consultation workshop]. Pasifika Counsellor’s Collective, Auckland.
Hyeeun (she/her) serves as the Senior Educator and Co-ordinator of Trauma Majors in the School of Postgraduate Studies, Research & Development. A graduate of the University of Auckland, she previously taught in the Counsellor Education programmes at Laidlaw College and AUT University before joining BTI. As a counsellor, her experience spans a range of field including the University of Auckland Health and Counselling Centre, Papatoetoe Counselling Services Centre, Totara Hospice, and Problem Gambling Foundation of NZ.
Hyeeun is also an adjunct lecturer, delivering courses on Pastoral Care and Christian Formation to Presbyterian ministry interns at the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership (KCML) in Dunedin. She is also actively involved in the community, working as a consultant with various organisations and government agencies, and frequently speaks on mental health issues at workshops, conferences and tertiary institutions.
Brodie (in the photo), her trained therapy dog and a formal trauma survivor, has been an integral part of her teaching and trauma therapy since 2017, providing emotional support to her students, clients and clinical supervisees.
Kim, H. (in press). “They felt our pain”: Pasifika students’ experience of counsellor educators. New Zealand Journal of Counselling.
Kim, H. (2022). COVID-19: Experiences and strategies of secondary school counsellors in the 2021 Auckland lockdown. New Zealand Journal of Counselling, 42(1), 29-58.
Kim, H. (2022). Counselling Korean migrants in New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Counselling, 42(1), 85-108.
Kim, H. (2021). Negotiating cultural tension: Parenthood and 1.5 generation Korean New Zealanders. In J. Y. Lee, & M. Kim (Eds.), The 1.5 generation Korean diaspora: A comparative understanding of identity, culture and transnationalism (pp. 97-115). Lexington Books.
Kim, H. & Agee, M. (2019) ‘Where are you from?’ Identity as a key to parenting by 1.5 generation Korean-New Zealand migrants and implications for counselling, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 47(1), 35-49.
‘Migration experiences of 1.5 generation’: An entry to ‘Elgar Encyclopaedia of Social Works’, due to be published in 2025
‘The experiences of counsellors in trauma therapy: Challenges in practice and training needs for professional development’: Funded ‘Special Project’ by Christian Education Trust (CET) in 2025
Fouche, C. & Kim, H. (2015). ‘Young people’s perspectives on youth employment in Franklin, Auckland’. Scoping research report prepared for Auckland Council. View the Scoping Research for Auckland Council, 2015
“Recent Conference Presentation”
Kim, H. (2025, March 27). Trauma-informed church: Illuminating ‘Immanuel’ for those experiencing unfixable suffering. [Conference presentation]. Laidlaw College Hope conference, Auckland.
Kim, H. (2023, September 08). COVID-19: Experiences and strategies of secondary school counsellors in the 2021 Auckland lockdown. [Workshop presentation]. NZAC mini conference, Auckland.
Kim, H. (2023, September 08). Learning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zeeland Tertiary Institutions. [Workshop presentation]. NZAC mini conference, Auckland.
Kim, H. (2023, July 03). A report on learning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zeeland Tertiary Institutions. [Community consultation workshop]. Pasifika Counsellor’s Collective, Auckland.