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Our community blog is a space to learn about a variety of mental health issues for Asian diaspora communities in the US. You can search our collection of personal stories, articles, news and other musings by a range of topics.

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The Truth About Seasonal Affective Disorder

The days between Thanksgiving and the New Year can be a dizzying haze. Outside your window, you see lights wrap

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Staying Safe, Post-Election

The next four years can seem like a scary unknown, wherever you fall on the political spectrum. Drastic cultural shifts

Mental Health

Why Organizers Need & Deserve Therapy

When winds carry the movements of an ocean, they form waves containing the momentum of the waters below. In collective

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Processing Collective Grief, a check-in with Sara Stanizai, LMFT

his Fall has been filled with many strong emotions, as we grapple with the mass violence and genocide taking place

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Can Love Be Shackled?: Working with Queer & Trans South Asian Folks

In recognition of South Asian Heritage Month, we are excited to be working with the South Asian community to spread

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The Truth About Seasonal Affective Disorder

The days between Thanksgiving and the New Year can be a dizzying haze. Outside your window, you see lights wrap

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Staying Safe, Post-Election

The next four years can seem like a scary unknown, wherever you fall on the political spectrum. Drastic cultural shifts

Uncategorized

Why Organizers Need & Deserve Therapy

When winds carry the movements of an ocean, they form waves containing the momentum of the waters below. In collective

Uncategorized

Processing Collective Grief, a check-in with Sara Stanizai, LMFT

his Fall has been filled with many strong emotions, as we grapple with the mass violence and genocide taking place

Uncategorized

Can Love Be Shackled?: Working with Queer & Trans South Asian Folks

In recognition of South Asian Heritage Month, we are excited to be working with the South Asian community to spread

Uncategorized

The Truth About Seasonal Affective Disorder

As an Asian living in the US, it can be difficult to take the impact of these experiences seriously. If
Community Blog

Staying Safe, Post-Election

7 min read The next four years can seem like a scary unknown, wherever you fall on the political spectrum.

Community Blog

Why Organizers Need & Deserve Therapy

7 min read When winds carry the movements of an ocean, they form waves containing the momentum of the waters

Community Blog

Processing Collective Grief, a check-in with Sara Stanizai, LMFT

This Fall has been filled with many strong emotions, as we grapple with the mass violence and genocide taking place

Community Blog

Can Love Be Shackled?: Working with Queer & Trans South Asian Folks

In recognition of South Asian Heritage Month, we are excited to be working with the South Asian community to spread

Advancing Asian Mental Health

Courage + Growth: Taking the First Step & Working with the LGBTQ+ Community

​Read more about Christophe's experience as a South East Asian bisexual therapist and the expertise and experiences he brings to
Advancing Asian Mental Health
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Being Seen: On Love Beyond the Binary, Community Care, and Becoming Our Truest Selves

Meet Sharlene Justo. Sharlene Justo is a queer Khmer-Filipinx gender fluid Associate therapist at Alvarado Family Therapy (San Diego, CA)
Advancing Asian Mental Health

Asian Mental Health Collective’s Intergenerational Trauma (IG) Recap

Click Here for WAVES Event Recording! You may have heard this from your parents, “Finish that last scoop of rice!

Community Blog

AMHC 2021 In Review

Dear community, As we close out the year 2021, we are filled with immense gratitude and love. The Asian community

Community Blog

Volunteer Spotlight: AMHC’s Newsletter Team

The Lotus is our monthly email newsletter that spotlights AMHC’s volunteers, lifts up diasporic Asian mental health stories, and provides

Community Blog

Paying it Forward: Jane Kusuma’s Art for Reimagining Asian Mental Health

Jane Kusuma is an illustrator and designer from Seattle and the one-woman team behind Jovietajane Creative Studio. As the Asian

Community Blog

Burnout, Rest, and the Asian-American Experience

Quarantined in my apartment, afraid to even get groceries, I was powerless. I was glued to my bed, just watching

Community Blog

Ep. 19: Asian Identity and Therapy Ft. Alyssa “Lia” Mancao

In honor of Filipino American History Month, we’re revisiting Asian Identity and mental health, with special guest Alyssa “Lia” Mancao
Mental Health Mukbang

Ep. 18 Anxiety: Community Q&A

This week we're answering some questions we received from some of our community members in our Facebook group. We couldn't
Mental Health Mukbang

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