Min Deng

Born and raised in China, Dr. Min Deng earned a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008. She was baptized and became a Christian in 2009.

As a developmental psychologist, she is interested in parenting, child development, parent-child relationship, marital relationship, domestic abuse, suicide prevention, sexuality, and gender identities, etc.

Her first book of her series on mental health, "Stay Alive", was published in 2023. As a follow-up on "Stay Alive", she completed her second book "To Thrive" in the spring of 2025, which she shares freely online. Both books focus on suicide and its risks.

Her latest book "To Live", a sequel to "Stay Alive" and "To Thrive", is an autobiographical book on suicide prevention. She is currently in the early stages of preparations for writing her fourth book on domestic abuse. Additionally, she intends to write more on parenting, church hurt, sexuality, and gender identities, etc.

She is the Communications Director at LifeSpring Church in Durham, NC. She also provides free private biblical counseling at her church. In her spare time, she loves watching the sunrise on the beach, hiking, working out, traveling, reading, and fashion.