Asian-Americans
Pressure, burden, shame, guilt, and stigma. Are you feeling the weight of the expectations and obligations of your family? The responsibility for your family members, school, career, relational goals, or even how you deal with the struggles you are facing. Despite mental health being more accepted than before, is it hard to even consider therapy because of how your family might respond to it? Are you grappling with the generational differences in your family? You have differing opinions, values, and boundaries that at times create conflict, misunderstandings, and feeling disconnected.
Being Bicultural is CHALLENGING.
Navigating contrasting value systems can be confusing and difficult. With sensitivity to your culture, your family’s cultural values, and the various communities you are part of, we’ll sort out all that you’re experiencing, so that you can have more clarity and direction.
Areas we can work on together
Cultural Values and Obligations
Stereotypes and Racial Tension
Intergenerational Conflict
Mental Health Stigma
Being Bicultural
Individualistic and Collectivistic Communities