Derald Wing Sue

Derald Wing Sue is a professor of counseling psychology at Columbia University. He has authored several books, including Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, Overcoming our Racism, and Understanding Abnormal Behavior. 2Personal life Sue was born in Portland, Oregon to a Chinese American family. His family lived in a predominantly wealthy white neighborhood, with his parents, four brothers, and one sister He remembers "being teased due to his ethnicity" during early childhood He was later influenced in his studies in cross cultural counseling. Two individuals who influenced Sue's path of study were Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. 2Family He married his wife Paulina in the 1960s. They have two children. 2Professional life Sue obtained his bachelor's degree from Oregon State University, and then a MS and PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Oregon. After completing his degree, he became a counselor at the University of California, Berkeley counseling center, and was known as the counselor who supported Asian American students. During his time at Berkeley, he conducted mental health studies on Asian Americans, which then led him to coauthor two books: A Theory of Multicultural Counseling and Therapy and Understanding Abnormal Behavio