Professional Development

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the professional development group has been holding virtual peer supervisions twice each month and additional community-building workshops.

Peer supervisions and workshops are free and open to Asian American-identified mental health and healthcare professionals. We welcome colleagues based anywhere in the US or abroad to join. 

Please check the Google calendar on our “Get Involved” page for the dates and Zoom links.

  • 19 Peer Supervisions

  • 8 Planning and Organizing Committee Meetings

  • Workshops in partnership with Virtue Mental, NASW-NYC, and Asian Mental Health Collective

2021 Year in Review:

  • 18 Peer Supervisions

  • 13 Planning and Organizing Committee Meetings (founded in May 2020)

  • January 17, 2020: “Back to Self: Emotional Navigation through Journaling” by Jess Song

  • February 20, 2020: “Music Therapy with Asian Immigrants in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit” by Yu-Ying Chen, PhD

  • June 20, 2020: “Community Change: Where Do I Fit In?” by Daniel Tanh, LCSW and Yuna Youn, LCSW

  • June 27, 2020: “Parallel Processing 2020: Where Am I in This Collective Trauma?” by Daniel Tanh, LCSW and Chris Roque, LCSW

  • July 18, 2020: “Asian Mental Health Professionals: Am I working hard enough or is this white supremacy?” by Hân Nguyễn, LMSW and Matt Poon, PsyD

  • October 29, 2020: “NYCAAMH Meet and Greet” by the Planning and Organizing Committee

  • November 7, 2020: “Post-Election Peer Supervision: Community Care with NYCAAMH”

  • November 19, 2020: “Me First! Self-Compassion & a Collectivist Culture” by Matt Poon, PsyD

2020 Year in Review:

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, professional development presentations were held in person from September through May generally on the last Friday evening of the month. Thanks to the generosity of NYU Silver School of Social Work, we have been able to host the presentations as well as peer supervision at their site.

Future presentations will be announced through our newsletter and website.

Past presentations include:

  • Oct and Nov. 2018: “What does it mean to be an Asian American Mental Health Professional?” presented by Jonathan Chang, MSW, Rebeca Chen, LCSW. Daniel Tanh, LCSW, and T. Han Nguyen, LMSW.

  • Feb. 2019 “Diversifying the views of psychotherapy for Asian Americans” presented by Wendy Cheung, PhD and Lina Leung, PsyD

  • March 2019: “Working with a family with a history of abuse: Use of the relational model and a team approach” presented by Soo Yeoun Lee, certified Art Therapist, and Xiao Yu, Mental Health Counselor

  • April 2019: “Working with End of Life Issues in the Asian American Community”
    presented by Pamela Yew Schwartz, PhD

  • May 2019: “Mental Health Professionals and Self Care: An Introduction to Mindfulness Approaches” presented by Dr. Doris Chang