L. Kenneth Chew Jr., PsyD, HSPP

Dr. Chew received his doctorate from the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology after completing undergraduate work at Jamestown College. Prior to Indiana State University (ISU), he worked for over 2 years testing children and adolescents for learning and emotional disabilities in Washington, D.C.. He began at the ISU Student Counseling Center in 2002 and became Director 2007. In addition to his role as Director, he coordinated substance programming, was the Director of Clinical Training at his center, and ran the Performance Excellence Program. Between 2009 and 2016, Dr. Chew oversaw most medical and wellness services for Indiana State University, facilitated the Student Affairs Behavior Assessment Team, and served as the HIPPA compliance officer for the university. In the fall of 2014, he was awarded the ISU University Medallion, which is the highest-level faculty/staff recognition at ISU.

His professional interests include the counseling of athletes, performance enhancement, drug and alcohol issues, multicultural counseling, facilitation of professional and personal development training, and outreach programming. He transitioned from ISU in the summer of 2024 and is now part of Point Beyond Mental Health Collective, which is a group formed of prior ISU counseling staff.

Outside of ISU, he frequently presents or facilitates programs on topics related to diversity and the mental health issues of student-athletes. Dr. Chew was among the first group of psychologists brought together by the NCAA in 2005 to discuss the mental health issues of student-athletes; and that meeting subsequently became the Big Sky Sport Psychology Retreat. He was part of the 2013 NCAA Mental Health Task Force and the 2017 Mental Health Task Force 2.0; and in 2020, he was part of the NCAA’s Diverse Student-Athlete Mental Health Summit as both a participant and member of the planning committee. As a continuation of his work with the Mental Health Task Force, he authored a chapter in “Mind, Body and Sport: Understanding and Supporting Student-Athlete Mental Wellness” and contributed to the Best Practices document.

• Sport and Performance

• Concerns Related Diversity and Culture

• Anxiety 

• Depression 

• Bipolar

• Personality Disorders

• Substance Abuse