Dr. Karen Quek is an experienced couple & family therapist and mental healthcare professional with a Doctor of Philosophy in Marital and Family Therapy from Loma Linda University, California. Dr. Quek has extensive clinical and supervisory experiences for over 30 years. Dr. Quek is also the department chair and tenured professor of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She has achieved national “Approved Supervisor” status of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

My professional goal is to help you empower self and to move on in new directions from your hurtful past and to create enriching relationships. I work from a systemic client-centered perspective. I provide therapy personalized to your unique relational needs. Collaboratively, we will look to the current and past relational, familial and cultural contexts of your life to examine your strengths as well as your relational impasse. We will work towards developing a therapeutic alliance where you can feel safe to express your thoughts and feelings and to further examine what is holding you back from living life more fully. I have worked in various mental health settings including non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and churches. My clinical experience and innovative research reflect my expertise and interests in individuals, couples and families from all walks of life. These have resulted in numerous publications and research presentations, including Transition and Change in Collectivist Family Life; A Push toward Equality: Processes among Dual-Income Couples in a Singapore; How dual-career newlywed couples create equality in Singapore; Gender Equality during Transition to Parenthood: Longitudinal Study of Dual-Career Singaporean Couples; etc. Her research data includes heterosexual couples from Greece, Singapore, the Philippines, USA; Korean fathers from Seoul, Korea