AAPI Mental Health in California

While the term "Asian American" encompasses a diverse group of ethnicities with nuanced experiences and varying levels of income and education, we often share a set of experiences that make us vulnerable to chronic stress and other mental health and wellness issues:

• Recent AAPI Hate

• Presence of ancestral / intergenerational / historical trauma

• Immigration / refugee journey

• Being a child of immigrant / refugee parents

• Experiences of racism, discrimination, and microaggressions

• The constant feeling of being a foreigner, of not belonging

• Balancing different cultural values and norms in a dominant white, Eurocentric culture

• The perception and pressures of the model minority myth

• Lack of multi-dimensional representation

• Invisibility in race discussions
  
  

Fortunately, there's an increasing effort in decreasing stigma of mental health in the Asian American communities. As first and second generation Asian American, we have a unique understanding about your struggles. We strive to provide you a safe place to process and understand your challenges.

As a trilingual psychologist, Dr. Li provides culturally sensitive psychological services in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

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Dr. Prasad provides culturally sensitive psychological services in English and Hindi. 

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Nina Carnevale, LMFT provides culturally sensitive psychological services in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, and English. 

Click here to learn more about Asian American celebrities and their experience with therapy.