Dr.
Wang presents a road map for the journey to wholeness..
In ten chapters, each one focusing on a central theme--from recognizing emotions, to establishing boundaries, managing anger, and introducing play into one\'s life--Dr.
Wang offers readers Permission to embrace their Mental and emotional self-care while understanding and honoring the richness of their heritage and embodying a new, complete identity.
Jenny T.
Weaving her personal narrative as a Taiwanese American and insights as a clinician with evidenced-based tools, Dr.
Permission to Come Home confronts and destabilizes the stigma Asian Americans face in caring for their Mental health.
Yet despite the fact that over 18 million people of Asian descent live in the United States today -- 5.6 percent of the population -- they are the racial group least likely to seek out Mental Health services.
As Asian Americans investigate the personal and societal effects of longstanding cultural narratives suggesting they take up as little space as possible, their Mental Health becomes critically important. --Steven Yeun, actor, The Walking Dead and Minari Asian Americans are experiencing a racial reckoning regarding their identity, inspiring them to radically reconsider the cultural frameworks that enabled their assimilation into American culture.
I am so very grateful that she exists.
I believe that her knowledge, presence, and activism for Mental Health in the Asian American/Immigrant community have been invaluable and groundbreaking.
Wang has been an incredible resource for Asian Mental health.
Jenny T.
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