Rose Yang

Rose is a clinical psychologist in the Houston area and has worked at The Menninger Clinic for almost a decade. She specializes in personality disorders, relational difficulties, persistent suicidality, psychological assessment, postpartum mental health, and DEI issues. In addition to serving as a faculty member and clinician on the units, she has held roles including Adult Division Coordinator, Interim Program Director, and DEI Faculty Lead and Liaison for BCM.

She has a passion for working with individuals who are striving to understand how their personality styles impact them—believing that knowing and understanding one’s personality styles empowers the individual and fosters greater empathy within their relational systems.

She has a strong background working with individuals experiencing co-occurring disorders such as substance use, personality disorders, and mood disorders. She helps clients gain a deeper understanding of how their substance use relates to avoidance behaviors and attempts to regulate an activated attachment system.

A mother of two young (and very active) boys, she has both the compassion and training to work with mothers in the perinatal period. During her time at Menninger, she brought DEI to the forefront, helping to establish the Diversity Committee and Diversity Forum to provide safe spaces for staff and clients to connect and relate to one another.

In her clinical work, she believes humor and humanness are as essential as empathy, validation, and epistemic trust. She strives to ensure every client feels seen and heard as an individual—especially those who have felt unseen or invisible for much of their lives.

Fun facts:

Rose has a strong passion for dog breeds and enjoys learning interesting facts about them. She also has a serious sweet tooth and loves indulging in sugary baked goods—especially lemon cake, blueberry or blackberry scones, and pumpkin loaf.