特別講演会
高麗大学
教授
LEE, Sang Min氏
- 演題： Metaverse Counseling: Innovation and Implications for the Future of Mental Health Services
- 日時：2025年 11月28日（金）17:00～18:00
- 会場：早稲田大学早稲田キャンパス3号館304教室およびZoom
- 使用言語：英語
- 参加費：無料
- 交通、キャンパスマップ：https://www.waseda.jp/top/access/waseda-campus
- 問い合わせ先：早稲田大学教育・総合科学学術院 准教授 木村大輔 [email protected]
- Zoom URLおよびパスコード:
https://list-waseda-jp.zoom.us/j/94605955423?pwd=3OIbvfCT78Tj0YmI0kSUar6oFSZwyT.1
Meeting ID: 946 0595 5423
Passcode: 748934
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Special Lecture
by
高麗大学
教授
LEE, Sang Min氏
- Title: Metaverse Counseling: Innovation and Implications for the Future of Mental Health Services
- Time/Date: 17:00-18:00, Friday, November 28, 2025
- Venue:Waseda University Waseda Campus Building 3 Room 304 and Zoom
- Language: English
- Admission: Free
- Transportation & Campus Map: https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/access/waseda-campus
- Contact Info: Daisuke Kimura, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University [email protected]
- Zoom URL & Passcode:
https://list-waseda-jp.zoom.us/j/94605955423?pwd=3OIbvfCT78Tj0YmI0kSUar6oFSZwyT.1
Meeting ID: 946 0595 5423
Passcode: 748934
Reasonable accommodation policy
Attendees who desire accommodations, including those bringing children, should inform us at least 3 weeks before the date of the event. Upon consultation, we will accommodate your request to the greatest extent possible.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and the global mental health crisis have accelerated the need for innovative approaches to psychological support. Metaverse counseling (MC)—where counselors and clients interact through avatars in virtual reality (VR) environments—has emerged as a promising modality that combines accessibility, immersion, and data-driven insights. This lecture will introduce the concept, structure, and technological foundations of metaverse counseling, highlighting its practical applications in schools, universities, and clinical settings in South Korea. Empirical findings will be presented on therapeutic presence, working alliance, and silence events in metaverse-based sessions compared with traditional face-to-face counseling. The talk will also discuss current challenges, including ethical considerations, technological issues, and the potential for integrating AI and digital therapeutics. By examining both opportunities and limitations, this presentation aims to envision the future direction of counseling in the era of digital transformation.
Speaker Bio
Professor Sang Min Lee is a faculty member specializing in Psychological Counseling at Korea University. He earned his Ph.D. in School Counseling from the University of Florida. His research primarily focuses on stress, burnout, and the counseling process.
In recognition of his outstanding scholarship, Dr. Lee received the Briggs-Pine Outstanding Research Award from American Counseling Association in 2007. Since 2016, he has been continuously honored with Korea University’s Seoktap Research Award, an accolade granted exclusively to the top 3% of researchers at the institution for nine n consecutive years. In 2019, he received the Korean Counseling Psychologist Award from the Korean Counseling Psychological Association, an honor bestowed upon scholars with significant lifetime research contributions. In 2022, he earned both the Best Research Paper Award from the Korean Counseling Association and the prestigious Fulbright Award from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, becoming a Fulbright Scholar. In 2024, he received the Outstanding Research Award from the Korea University Alumni Association.
Professor Lee has published over 150 scholarly papers in internationally recognized SSCI-indexed journals, including the Journal of Counseling and Development, Psychotherapy Research, Stress and Health, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, Journal of Employment Counseling, and Journal of Career Development.
His research projects have been consistently supported by major national and institutional funding bodies, including the BK Project, SSK Project, Collaborative Research Projects, New Researcher Projects, and Mid-Career Researcher Projects of the National Research Foundation of Korea, as well as by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Justice, Samsung, and Hyundai.
Recently, Dr. Lee’s research interests have expanded into socially relevant areas, including counseling services for victims of humidifier disinfectants, AI + metaverse-based psychological counseling, monitoring-based counseling, and legislative frameworks for psychological counseling—demonstrating his commitment to addressing social issues in Korea through impactful and innovative research.
