Consulting & Community Collaborations

I offer a wide variety of consulting and community-based services and love collaborating with local community organizations and individuals! Please note that these examples are not an exhaustive list of all services and workshops I can offer. Feel free to contact me if you have an idea even if it’s not listed below.

Consulting & Community-Based Services

  • Workshops

    I provide community workshops on a variety of mental health and healing-related topics for both youth- and adult-based organizations. Workshop activities can be flexible to your/your organization’s goals or needs. Options for community co-facilitation are also available, if interested! Examples include:  

    - Mental Health 101 Workshops
    - Youth Mental Health 101 Workshops 
    - Parent/Caregiver Workshops
    - Asian American Mental Health and Wellness
    - Racial Trauma and Radical Healing in Asian Americans

  • Diversity Consulting

    I provide consulting services for advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism to organizations, agencies, and educational entities. Please note that anti-racism specifically involves power sharing and redistribution within organizational structures, policies, and practices. I specialize in identifying, prioritizing, and implementing recommendations for actionable change. Services can include but are not limited to: 

    - Conducting needs assessments, climate surveys, and self-audits
    - Providing actionable recommendations 
    - Designing a strategic plan of EDI and anti-racism initiatives
    - Developing undergraduate pipeline programs

  • Grad School Support

    I provide both individual and group-based consulting services for applying to and navigating post-baccalaureate clinical and research positions, graduate school in psychology, APPIC internships, and postdoctoral fellowships.

    Individual services can include feedback on application materials (e.g., cover letters, statements of purpose, resumes/curriculum vitae, internship essays), interview tips and practice, navigating the hidden curriculum, advocacy, managing imposter phenomenon as a minoritized scholar, and maintaining personal value and belief systems in academia. Group-based services can include workshops or small groups covering similar topics.

  • Program Evaluation

    I provide program evaluation services for agencies, organizations, and educational entities seeking to evaluate a variety of program outcomes depending on the goals or needs of the program (e.g., acceptability, effectiveness, impact). Methods of program evaluation can follow your/your organization’s preferences, including but not limited to surveys, focus groups, and interviews. I specialize in and am particularly drawn to evaluation of programs serving racial/ethnic minoritized communities.

Consulting Spotlights

NAMI NJ Multicultural Conversations Webinar Series: Lived Experience of Racial Trauma in the AANHPI Community and What is Radical Healing?

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) New Jersey provides education, support, system advocacy, and public awareness to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. With my friends/colleagues on the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) HEAling from Racial Trauma (HEART) Team (Wendy Chu, MA and Andrea Ng, MA), we were invited to present a webinar on racial trauma and radical healing among AANHPI communities.

Immigrant Family Mental Health Advocacy (IFMHA) Clinician Tip Sheet on Advocating for Immigrant Families

The Immigrant Family Mental Health Advocacy (IFMHA) Program was created in 2018 to serve as a research-practice-policy hub focused on supporting the mental health of immigrant communities in Chicago. The IFMHA Program is part of the Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR) in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). One aspect of the IFMHA Program mission is to provide information and design resources for UI Health care providers and trainees, UIC/IJR researchers, and community partners. These resources center the critical role of advocacy principles and empowerment strategies in clinical science.

I created this guide to help clinicians integrate legal advocacy into clinical care for youth in immigrant-origin families. The guide was designed for clinicians to:

(1) bolster knowledge of immigration terms, policies, and legal resources;

(2) advocate for family unification through letters and/or affidavits of support for families seeking immigration relief; and

(3) support caregivers in managing stress in the context of immigration and status-related concerns.

NICOS Chinese Health Coalition Community Presentations 

NICOS Chinese Health Coalition is a public-private-community partnership of more than 30 health and human service organizations and individuals with the mission to enhance the health and well-being of the San Francisco Chinese community. The AANHPI HEART Team presented several webinars on promoting radical healing in AANHPI communities in partnership with NICOS, including to the NICOS Chinese Health Coalition Chinatown Disaster Preparedness Committee, COVID-19 Network, and as part of a County of Alameda Department of Behavioral Health “Decolonizing How We Serve Asian American Clients” training.

Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development (BUILD) Mental Health 101 Workshop

BUILD is a violence prevention and youth development organization in Chicago’s West Side, with the mission to inspire hope and offer opportunities for youth facing systemic obstacles. With the incredible Dr. Gina Sissoko, I co-developed and co-led a two-part Mental Health 101 Workshop at BUILD to provide increased mental health awareness, along with practical and culturally-syntonic coping skills. We then conducted an evaluation of the workshop through a feedback survey and focus group.

Interested in collaborating?