Ling Lam
- M.A., Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- B.S. (with distinction), Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Ling Lam is a core faculty at ITP and Director of the Low Residency MA in Counseling Psychology. He is also an adjunct faculty at John F. Kennedy University and a regular guest lecturer on grief and loss at Stanford University. In addition, Ling serves as an advanced facilitator at the Stanford Business School, helping facilitate a class on interpersonal dynamics and emotional intelligence for second year MBA students.
Ling holds two master's degrees, in Counseling Psychology and Electrical Engineering. Earlier, Ling graduated in the top 5% of his class from Stanford University where he received the Terman Award for Scholastic Achievement, the President's Award for Academic Excellence and the Tau Beta Pi-Fife Fellowship. He was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship awardee and a Tanner Award for Best Paper in Philosophy finalist. Ling also volunteered for 8 years as a Freshman Academic Advisor at Stanford University and was nominated for the Outstanding Advisor Award.
Ling is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. He maintains a private practice in Palo Alto and San Jose, specializing in relationships, grief, trauma, career changes, stress and anxiety. Ling volunteers as the Clinical Director of the San Jose chapter of A Home Within, the largest national non-profit organization dedicated to serving the emotion needs of foster youth. Before he became a therapist, Ling had more than a decade's experience in Silicon Valley in HDMI chip design and intellectual property engineering.
