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Marriage & Family Therapy

Cameron Hee

Assistant Professor
Email: cameron.hee@byu.edu

240 TLRB

801-422-4047

Biography:
Cameron was born in Honolulu and raised in Kalaoa and Kailua-Kona on Hawaiʻi Island. Prior to joining BYU’s MFT program he was a clinical faculty member at BYU CAPS and also worked in community based private practice, where he primarily assisted individuals and couples navigating relational and multicultural issues, faith crises, trauma, and various other mental health related challenges.
He is married, has two children, and loves traveling with them to visit family back home in Hawaiʻi and on the East Coast in New Jersey and New York. In his free time, he enjoys playing pickleball, volleyball, fishing, cooking, gardening, and spending time with his family outdoors.

Education:
Ph.D in Marriage and Family Therapy from Brigham Young University, 2022
MS in Marriage and Family Therapy from Brigham Young University, 2018
BS in Psychology from Brigham Young University-Hawaiʻi, 2012

Research Interests:
Cameron’s research interests include culturally sensitive therapy interventions and protective factors specifically for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander families, historical trauma and loss, culture identity, values, and their relationship to health outcomes, and attachment in couple relationships.

Professional Affiliations:
Utah Association for Marriage & Family Therapy
American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy

Recent Publications:

  • Cutrer-Párraga, E. A., Akau, O. K., Seu, L., Hull, I. M., Allen, G. E. K., Kanuch, O. H., Hee, C., & Garrett, M. F. (2026). Navigating the cocoon: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of mothers’ experiences of seeking diagnosis and services for children with disabilities in insular rural American Samoa. Education Sciences, 16(7), 1001. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16071001
  • Allen, G. E. K., Cutrer-Párraga, E. A., Coffey, B. K., Hee, C., & Conklin, H. (2025). Contrapuntal framework of accessing mental health services among Pacific Islanders in the United States. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000766 
  • Allen, G. E. K., Suh, H. N., Hee, C., & Conklin, H. (2025). Pacific Islander culture-specific psychotherapy scale: Development and initial psychometric evaluation. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2025.2464178 
  • Sandberg, J., Hee, C., & Huff, S. (2025). The salience of attachment behaviors to relational health for couples across four racial groups. American Journal of Family Therapy, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/01926187.2024.2443495 
  • Hee, C., Whiting, J. B., Sandberg, J. G., & Allen, E. (2024). The role of attachment behaviors – accessibility, responsiveness, and engagement in perceived emotional and relational safety: A deductive grounded theory inquiry. Contemporary Family Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-024-09717-9 
  • Cutrer-Párraga, E. A., Miller, E. E., Allen, G. E. K., Garrett, M.F., Conklin, H., Franklin, C. N., Norton, A., Hee, C., & Coffey, B. K. (2024). Perceptions and barriers about mental health services among Pacific Islanders: An interpretative phonological analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 71(2), 89-103. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000719 
  • Allen, G. K., Masuda, A., Griner, D., Beecher, M., Cline, J., Hee, C., & Ming, M. (2022). Examining expectations among Polynesian Americans about seeking psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 75(4), 154-160.https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20210031