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Asian-Americans

Supporting individuals and couples from Asian communities in Raleigh and North Carolina through culturally-appropriate therapeutic approaches that honor cultural background and identity.

An Asian-American Therapist in Raleigh, North Carolina

Meet a therapist who also understands the therapeutic process from the client view

Support from a Counselor who has a Lived Experience as an Asian Adult

Janice is Filipino-American, second-generation. She is a child of immigrants and does not speak Tagalog but understands it.

Find out about Janice's first-hand experience with mental health therapy, transition into the helping profession, and experience working with Asian communities through her interview in May 2024 with Spectrum News 1 here.

Free Short-Term Therapy from Janice

Overcome financial barriers through the Lotus Therapy Fund

Lotus Therapy Fund Provider

Work with Janice through the Lotus Therapy Fund (LTF), which is a therapy scholarship program organized by the Asian Mental Health Collective. To apply to be a LTF recipient, go to https://www.asianmhc.org.

Scholarships are awarded every quarter, and the next application period has yet to be announced. Visit https://www.asianmhc.org/lotus-therapy-fund/ for the latest updates.

Your Asian Culture

Collaborate with a therapist who wants to get to know your multifaceted cultural identity first

Go Beyond the Surface

With your permission, we can discuss the multiple facets of your lived culture. For instance, we can dive into your family's communication style and process of managing emotions, definitions of family roles, and expectations associated to different life stages.

By doing this, we can see how the rules, ideals, patterns, and concepts held within your culture may contribute both to your strengths and current mental wellbeing.

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Potential Concerns about Therapy

Understand the counselor's lens and experience working with the Asian community

Cultural Competence

Janice has worked with East, South, and Southeast Asian adults. Examples of their ethnicities include Vietnamese, Korean, Taiwanese, Hmong, Filipino, and Indian. Her clients were first- and second-generation Americans. Some had different religious beliefs than the majority community. Some upheld Western ideals while respecting differing values embraced by their family. Others identified as being members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Janice is a member of the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA) and Asian Mental Health Collective's (AMHC) group for mental health professionals.

Cultural Understanding

Janice recognizes and embraces the diversity within Asian communities, so she is not an expert now and never will be on any specific Asian culture. Two people can share the same ethnicity but have different cultural experiences and identities.   

Janice can share with you the knowledge that she has about your culture. However, she wants to understand how you live and experience yours, including your community’s specific beliefs, values, and attitudes along with your family dynamics. She invites you to share as much as you would like about your cultural background.                                 

Cultural Issues

We will discuss your concerns in a confidential and inclusive space. While this list is not exhaustive, possible problems stemming from your cultural identity that we can tackle together are:

  • intergenerational trauma
  • identity struggles
  • acculturation effects
  • interracial dating
  • immigrant guilt

Whatever you face, you can safely bring it forward and we can work through it.

 

 

 

Is therapy for you?

Wondering if and how therapy can help you? What the benefits are? Asians Do Therapy outlines key points to help you decide if receiving counseling can serve you.

Resources

Find the right and best support that you need to begin your personal change

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The Asian Mental Health Collective (AMHC) offers free, eight-week long support groups for people to attend. Visit AMHC for more information.

Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities (MHACC) hosts virtual peer groups in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. More information can be found here.

MHACC offers a mental health warmline in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese that is available everyday from 12 pm - 12 am Eastern Time- 1-800-881-8502

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A Facebook group hosted and moderated by Asian Mental Health Collective

Created for Asians struggling with mental health, cultural issues, inter-generational trauma, and associated problems. Asians are not alone in their struggles and experiences, and there are others who are here to provide support.

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Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) LGBTQIA+



​Asian Women for Health (AWFH) is a non-profit organization based in Boston, MA dedicated to advancing Asian women’s health and well-being through community engagement, education, and representation. They envision a world where Asian Women and underrepresented community members are well-informed, have access to care that is culturally appropriate and high quality, and inspired to live happy, healthy lives.

The organization is a diverse group of individuals working together across differences in age, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, socio-economic and educational levels, to address individual, community-wide and systemic barriers that affect Asian women and their loved ones.


Mustard Seed Generation exists to eradicate barriers to mental health that increase life dissatisfaction, family dysfunction, and suicide in the Korean American community. Based in Dallas, they provide culture-specific training to increase the mental health literacy of Korean American churches, families, and youth.

For a listing of Korean counselors in North Carolina, go here.

 

 

 

 


South Asian Mental Health Initiative and Network, SAMHIN, was formed in 2014 to address a broad range of mental health needs of the growing South Asian community in the United States, beginning with New Jersey. SAMHIN is a team of dedicated, multifaceted, determined, and passionate individuals from all walks of life with a strong desire to help uncover and fight mental illness in the South Asian community.

For a listing of South Asian counselors in North Carolina, go here.

 

 

 

 

South Asians + ADHD Virtual Peer Support Group

  • Safe, non-judgmental environment to learn about ADHD, communicate your experiences, define your ADHD strengths

 

Asians with ADHD Support Group

  • Virtual, peer-led support group for individuals of Asian and Pacific Islander descent
  • Safe space for members to express their experiences and hold conversations about the cultural aspects of being Asian with ADHD

NAMI Maniwalà - Created to empower Filipino/Filipinx/Philippine communities

Opportunity to share what mental wellness means and learn about ways to support each other's well-being through three conversations

NAMI Chai and Chat - For, by, and about South Asian communities

First Conversation: Discuss what mental health means, how they feel their community can support them, and the barriers faced; view videos on intergenerational trauma and the cycle of mental health challenges within families
Second Conversation: Talk with a South Asian expert from the mental health field who has experience working with South Asian clients about topics such as how to find a good therapist, what to expect in therapy, and self-care strategies.
Third Conversation: Learn the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges, identify when someone have a crisis, and understand when to seek help; receive South Asian-specific resources; listen to a panel of South Asians with lived experiences about their journeys and how they overcame mental health challenges

UCLA Mindful App: Mindfulness + Meditations in Your Language

  • Free UCLA Mindful app for your Android or iOS phone to help you practice mindfulness meditation wherever you are
  • Can follow meditations in your native language, such as Cantonese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, and Vietnamese
  • Learn more here

Mental Health Resources in Various Languages

Asian American Health Initiative offers useful mental health resources translated in multiple languages, including: English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Hindi.

Want to work with a culturally competent counselor?

Set up a free, 15-minute video consultation with Janice, a therapist who collaborates with Asian clients.