Kong Fanhe is an applied psychology professional, educator, and endurance athlete whose work bridges clinical mental health, child development, and resilient living. She holds a full-time B.A. in Applied Psychology from North China Coal Medical College and is a National Level-3 Psychological Counselor. Over time, she expanded her practical skill set through training in early-childhood education, first aid, outdoor instruction, and advanced Chinese language teaching, including an International Registered Senior Chinese Teacher certification. Kong's early clinical exposure includes a six-month internship in a leading psychiatric department at Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, followed by several years of work at a Beijing psychological counseling center. She later moved into Montessori early education and kindergarten practice, developing an on-the-ground understanding of how routine, attention, relationship, and environment shape mental stability and recovery. Her teaching experience also includes online English instruction for young learners and a semester of rural support teaching in Guizhou, where she served as a primary teacher and homeroom lead-work that deepened her sensitivity to stress, meaning, and motivation under real constraints.

Since 2025, she has focused on teaching Chinese as a foreign language, bringing a learner-centered approach to language, culture, and confidence-building. As an endurance practitioner-half marathon, full marathon, long-distance cycling, and trail running-Kong contributes an embodied perspective on thresholds, pacing, and recovery. In Crossing Depression, she integrates this blend of clinical familiarity, educational practice, and disciplined training into an SDE-guided approach that treats depression not as a fixed label, but as a traversable process: form can be rebuilt, delta-flow can restart, and inner force can be re-ignited through repeatable routines and supportive entanglement.