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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) is part of the Postgraduate faculty who joined BTI early 2024. She is a graduate of the University of Auckland and taught at Laidlaw College and AUT University before taking up the position at BTI. In the past, she worked as a counsellor for the University of Auckland Health and Counselling Centre, Papatoetoe Counselling Services Centre, Totara Hospice, and Problem Gambling Foundation of NZ. She has worked with various organisations and government agencies as a consultant and is invited to speak about mental health issues in workshops, at conferences and to tertiary institutions. Brodie (in the photo) is a trained therapy dog (ex-trauma survivor) and accompanies Hyeeun for emotional and learning support. He has been an integral part of Hyeeun’s teaching and trauma therapy work since 2017.
Research
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.
Current research projects
‘Migration experiences of 1.5 generation’ (An entry to ‘Elgar Encyclopedia of Social Works’, due to be published in 2025).
‘Leaning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zealand tertiary institutions’: The aim of the research is to explore Pasifika students’ experiences of training in counsellor education programmes in New Zealand tertiary institutions, and to identify their style of learning and specific learning needs.
Areas of Expertise
Research Projects
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
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.
Kim, H. (2022, January 22). Findings from the research on learning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zeeland Tertiary Institutions. [Consultation workshop]. Pasifika Research Participants, 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) is part of the Postgraduate faculty who joined BTI early 2024. She is a graduate of the University of Auckland and taught at Laidlaw College and AUT University before taking up the position at BTI. In the past, she worked as a counsellor for the University of Auckland Health and Counselling Centre, Papatoetoe Counselling Services Centre, Totara Hospice, and Problem Gambling Foundation of NZ. She has worked with various organisations and government agencies as a consultant and is invited to speak about mental health issues in workshops, at conferences and to tertiary institutions. Brodie (in the photo) is a trained therapy dog (ex-trauma survivor) and accompanies Hyeeun for emotional and learning support. He has been an integral part of Hyeeun’s teaching and trauma therapy work since 2017.
Research
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.
Current research projects
‘Migration experiences of 1.5 generation’ (An entry to ‘Elgar Encyclopedia of Social Works’, due to be published in 2025).
‘Leaning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zealand tertiary institutions’: The aim of the research is to explore Pasifika students’ experiences of training in counsellor education programmes in New Zealand tertiary institutions, and to identify their style of learning and specific learning needs.
Areas of Expertise
Research Projects
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
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.
Kim, H. (2022, January 22). Findings from the research on learning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zeeland Tertiary Institutions. [Consultation workshop]. Pasifika Research Participants, Auckland.
Hyeeun (she/her) is part of the Postgraduate faculty who joined BTI early 2024. She is a graduate of the University of Auckland and taught at Laidlaw College and AUT University before taking up the position at BTI. In the past, she worked as a counsellor for the University of Auckland Health and Counselling Centre, Papatoetoe Counselling Services Centre, Totara Hospice, and Problem Gambling Foundation of NZ. She has worked with various organisations and government agencies as a consultant and is invited to speak about mental health issues in workshops, at conferences and to tertiary institutions. Brodie (in the photo) is a trained therapy dog (ex-trauma survivor) and accompanies Hyeeun for emotional and learning support. He has been an integral part of Hyeeun’s teaching and trauma therapy work since 2017.
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.
Current research projects
‘Migration experiences of 1.5 generation’ (An entry to ‘Elgar Encyclopedia of Social Works’, due to be published in 2025).
‘Leaning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zealand tertiary institutions’: The aim of the research is to explore Pasifika students’ experiences of training in counsellor education programmes in New Zealand tertiary institutions, and to identify their style of learning and specific learning needs.
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
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.
Kim, H. (2022, January 22). Findings from the research on learning needs of Pasifika counselling students in New Zeeland Tertiary Institutions. [Consultation workshop]. Pasifika Research Participants, Auckland.