Wonhee Kang, D.MIN was born in Seoul, Korea, and immigrated to the USA over thirty years ago. Dr. Kang is a multicultural creative artist and musician. Kang has also served as a non-profit executive working with youth and families at-risk for nearly three decades.
Through the years, a consistent theme in her career has been working with youth and the arts. As director of music and worship arts, she offers multiple musical and artistic disciplines: playing pipe organ, directing choirs and bands, and creative arts therapy. In her advocacy work, she has supported communities with high levels of gang activity. As an award-winning youth and family advocate, she spearheaded many community collaborations and partnerships and helped establish a neighborhood-based anti-gang organization.
Dr. Kang received a church music MA degree from Shenandoah University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Seminary in Arts and Theology and published her dissertation titled P.S.A.L.M.: “Unity in Diversity” A Kingdom Worship Recipe: Transforming Multicultural Ministry Vision into Reality. She has been searching for therapeutic tools to serve youth and families at risk and sought a deeper understanding of the diversity of the world and to celebrate them through creative arts, creating harmony in the community.
She is a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist(REAT), an accredited Creative, Expressive Arts and Play Therapist (CEAPT) as well as a certified clinical supervisor. As a certified Reality Therapy/Choice therapist and an accredited trainer of HeartMath, she offers workshops and training in those areas. Dr. Kang serves as assistant course director for Creative Arts and Play Therapy, working with post-graduate students on their journey to become CEAPT therapists. Currently, she is a faculty member of the Academy of Play Therapy and Child Psychotherapy (https://apac.org.uk/faculty/), Leeds Beckett University in UK, and Youth for Tomorrow in VA. She is a creator and founder of TheraHarmony, an integrated, creative arts-based therapeutic modality. Kang’s work has earned her several awards, which include the Boys & Girls National Honor Award for “Family Plus” programs awards for arts programs through her program development nationally. She also received the Character Development Program Award from Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
As an accredited IEA teacher, she uses Enneagram wisdom in her therapeutic and leadership practices. Through her Enneagram studies, she has been developing tools and curricula to offer ways to understand differences, strengths, and weaknesses in personalities. In her doctoral study, she researched methods to deepen the understanding of the diversity of the world. Kang is an active member of her local community: she took part and graduated from the FBI Citizen Academy and served on their Board. She also led the Asian American Chamber of Commerce for a decade as a board member and chairperson of the Board, and currently serves as a co-chair of the Greater Washington International Enneagram Association (GWIEA) Board.
“Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the center of what we do.” - Marco Bizzarri
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