Meet Our Staff
Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) at UC Santa Cruz is a part-centralized, part-decentralized service, with professionally trained master's- and doctoral-level clinicians located in our central counseling office within the Cowell Student Health Center complex, as well as in various locations across campus. Our staff members come from diverse backgrounds and have a special interest in and experience with helping students explore a wide range of issues. We offer a variety of mental health and wellness services to UCSC students and the broader UCSC community.
Please note that while some of us have particular areas of specialization, all of us at CAPS recognize the social pressures and cultural factors that affect different groups in unique ways. We have been trained in aspects of multicultural counseling, including working with LGBTQIA+ students, addressing rape and sexual abuse, and supporting students with disabilities. CAPS staff also engage in ongoing mandatory and voluntary continuing education to further enhance their skills as mental health professionals.
The following is a list of our staff members and their locations. Note that we do not provide drop-in counseling, so if you are interested in finding out about and/or starting services with CAPS, please stop by our central office or call us during business hours at (831) 459-2628. You can also find more information about our services on our Counseling Services, Psychiatry, and Groups & Workshops web pages.
- Pronouns she/her/hers
- Title
- CAPS Staff Psychologist
- Division Student Affairs and Success
- Department
- Counseling & Psychological Services
- Student Health Center
- Phone 8314592628
- Mail Stop CAPS
Summary of Expertise
Haidi’s approach to therapy integrates psychodynamic interpersonal process orientation, CBT interventions, and feminist theories through cultural relational lens. She enjoys working with international students, Asian identified students and people holding marginalized or oppressed identities regarding their cultural/ethnic background or gender and sexual identities. She likes to work with clients and support them exploring different ways to build mental wellbeing and self-compassion and she feels privileged to be part of their healing journey.
Biography, Education and Training
Haidi is a cisgender, Asian, woman, grew up in China, first generation college student. She is a Counseling Psychologist with a Multicultural focus; studied Literature and Applied Psychology and attended college in Shanghai China; gained her master degree in Counseling Psychology from University of Minnesota in Twin Cities and doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at Auburn University in Alabama. She completed her doctoral and post-doctoral trainings at Stanford CAPS prior to joining UCSC CAPS and was a staff psychologist and a Mandarin speaking therapist at USF CAPS. She has worked in community mental health, college counseling, and outpatient hospital with diverse populations presenting various concerns, including: depression, anxiety, substance use issues, trauma, psychosis, body image concerns, family and relationship distress, identity development and cultural adjustment issues.
