Dr Anne Hsu is chair of transpersonal studies at Sofia. She supervises doctoral students in transpersonal psychology in both GPHD and PHDC programs. She is a transcultural mother-scholar-practitioner. She is an internationally trained and licensed clinical psychologist in Taiwan, China, and Colorado with a Transcultural Existential-Humanistic orientation. She holds 3 psychology degrees from different lands (Simon Fraser University, National Taiwan University, and Saybrook University). She founded True Colors Psychology Group Clinic in Taipei and YJ Psychology Ltd. in Denver. Her areas of her specializations include poetic encounters, transient and developmental identities as well as conversations around diagnosis.
University Email: Anne.Hsu@sofia.edu
Programs: Global PHD, PHD in Chinese, MATP, MATP in Chinese, MATP in Korean, Bachelors to completion.
Education:
- Ph.D. Clinical Psychology – Saybrook University
- M.Sc. Clinical Psychology – National Taiwan University
- B.A. Psychology – Simon Fraser University
- A.R.C.T. Piano Performance – Royal Conservatory of Music
- YIC, Yoga Instructor – SYVASA University
Educational Research:
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Dissertation: The Lived Experience of Transcultural Identity
Explorers: A Descriptive Phenomenological Psychological Study on Making a Life in a New Land
M.S. Clinical Psychology Thesis: The Revising Sexual Addiction Assessment Tools for Taiwan’s Male Population: Preliminary Studies.
Licensures & Certifications:
- Licensed Psychologist (DORA)
- Psychotherapist (DORA)
- Clinical Psychologist (Taiwan)
- Psychological Counsellor Level II (China)
- ADOS-2 Certified
- EMDR Certified
- Certified Hypnotherapist
- Yoga Instructor Certified
- True Colors Personality communications Master Trainer
Research & Training Interests:
Transculturalism, Existential Transpersonal Humanistic Psychology and psychotherapy, Existential Phenomenology, Spiritual Developmental, Self.
Publications:
Hsu, A. (2025). Self. In L. Hoffman & V. Lac (Eds.), Evidence-based foundations of existential-humanistic therapy. American Psychological Association.
Hsu, A., Broome, R., Mansilla, M., Phoon, E., Dias, J., Moats, M., Hoffman, L., & Yang, M. (2019). Existential psychology dialogues in China, Malaysia, and Singapore: Continuing the conversation. In L. Hoffman, M. Yang, & F. Kaklauskas (Eds.), Existential psychology East–West (Vol. 1). University Professors Press.
Hsu, A. Y. (2017). I am the history that I will never be. In J. Dias & L. Hoffman (Eds.), Connoisseurs of suffering: Poetry for the journey to meaning. University Professors Press.
Hsu, A. (2015). I mumbled. In L. Hoffman & M. Moats (Eds.), Capturing shadows: Poetic encounters along the path of grief and loss. University Professors Press.
Hoffman, L., & Hsu, A. (2015). The story of Irving Yalom: Review of Yalom’s Cure (2014). PsycCRITIQUES, 60(35). https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039576
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