Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education) presented a research project with her Master's students,  Rachel Dugan, Zihan Gong, and Mikayla Harris (Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program). The project, titled "The Aftermath of Parental Alienation: Coping Styles of Adult Children who Experienced Parental Alienation," was presented at the American Counseling Association 2025 Annual Conference. Their work explores the complex interplay between family dynamics and adult coping behaviors, aiming to develop interventions that enhance adaptive coping skills, emotional regulation, and interpersonal resilience for adult children of parental alienation.