
Advancing Asian Mental Health
Advancing Asian Mental Health is an interview series that features individuals and organizations who are striving to make a difference among Asian communities around the world. From organizations to artists, these are people who are trying to pave the way for the acceptance and normalization of Asian mental health issues.
Find Your People: On Queer & Trans Affirming Therapy, Coming Out to Your Asian Family & More
This month, we chat Sara Stanizai - a licensed therapist, clinical supervisor, and the owner of Prospect Therapy, a queer- and trans-affirming therapy practice based in Long Beach, CA, with a special focus on serving first-generation American and immigrant communities.
Continue readingYou Are Enough: On Mango Tree Counselling & Consulting, LGBTQ+ Asian Identity, and Community
In celebration of Pride Month and to celebrate our Asian queer, trans, non-binary and genderqueer friends and allies - we spoke with various advocates in the Asian Mental Health Collective community to spread light on the important work they do.
Continue readingHow We Talk To Ourselves Matters
While hunkering down during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chicago-based professional translated her experiences into a mini-guide entitled How We Talk To Ourselves. She collaborated with New York City-based artist Connie Van on the book.
Continue readingThe Value of Lived Experiences
This month, we chat with the ladies behind The Desi Condition, a podcast centered on mental wellness and Desi culture, as well as Mental Health Talks India, an online repository of stories about mental health. Both outfits seek to create spaces where people can vent and share without fear or shame. Check them out – their DMs are open!
Continue readingDocumenting Depression in Words and Illustrations
Mak’s journey with depression has been ongoing for several years now. After a stint at Singapore’s Institute of Mental Health in 2017, he decided to document that episode of struggling with depression in a blog. “It is my hope that the blog will help others who either know someone in depression, or is suffering from depression themselves,” he writes on the blog.
Continue readingHumanity Distilled Into Ink: Fighting Mental Health Taboos Through Letters, to Strangers
Just 13 when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Diana Chao was desperate for someone to confide in – someone willing to understand and appreciate her mental health issues, someone who would “see (her) as a human being,” disorders included
Continue readingBattling the Rogue of Shame, One Audio Story at a Time
Shame is paralyzing, it causes people to want to hide their mistakes, etc. But the whole idea behind Erasing Shame is to realize that you don’t have to run away, but you also don’t have to be paralyzed.
Continue readingAsian Actors Speak Up on Mental Health Amidst Covid-19 Anxieties
The Asian Mental Health Collective hears from actors An Phan (based in Los Angeles, USA) and Chase Tang (based in Ontario, Canada) about their experiences and their thoughts on mental health advocacy.
Continue readingLike a Mustard Seed, Small Ripples Can Make a Big Difference in Mental Health
By providing platforms for people to talk, cry and listen to one another, Mustard Seed Generation wants to bring hope, healing, and reconciliation across the Korean American community.
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