"Permission to Come Home" is a crucial resource for the rapidly growing community of Asian Americans, immigrants, and other minorities and marginalized people to practice mental and emotional self-care. It helps readers to work on their mental health while understanding and honoring the richness of their heritage and embodying a new, complete, and whole identity.
This book is meant to be a resource for those seeking to take steps to confront and improve their mental health and wellness, through their unique cultural lens. Author Dr. Jenny Wang offers practical advice, opportunities for readers to apply what they’ve learned, and, by way of her own story and those of others, readers will find comfort in knowing they are not alone.
"Permission to Come Home" gives readers of all backgrounds a true sense of agency and empowerment in a world that is constantly trying to tell them how to think and feel.
Dr. Jenny Wang is a Taiwanese American clinical psychologist and national speaker on Asian American mental health and racial trauma in Asian American, BIPOC, and immigrant communities. Her work focuses on the intersection of Asian American identity, mental health, and social justice.
EP 1102B - Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans
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She is the founder of the @asiansformentalhealth Instagram community, in which she discusses the unique experiences of the Asian diaspora and immigrant communities. She spearheaded the Asian, Pacific Islander, and South Asian American Therapist Directory and its companion Canadian directory to help Asians seek culturally-reverent mental health providers.
Jenny T. Wang, Ph.D.
Dr. Jenny Wang is a Taiwanese American clinical psychologist and national speaker on Asian American mental health and racial trauma in Asian American, BIPOC, and immigrant communities. Her work focuses on the intersection of Asian American identity, mental health, and social justice.She is the founder of the @asiansformentalhealth Instagram community, in which she discusses the unique experiences of the Asian diaspora and immigrant communities. She spearheaded the Asian, Pacific Islander, and South Asian American Therapist Directory and its companion Canadian directory to help Asians seek culturally-reverent mental health providers.