November Community Newsletter 2026

November: Introducing our new Practice Partner.

Hello there,

You might notice that we're introducing quite a few new therapists from Complete Therapy Group this month (scroll down to see)!

🎉 We're so excited to welcome them as our third Practice Partner on the Asian Mental Health Practitioner List, joining The Inner Collective and Mind Body Heart Psychology.

Our Practice Partners are entire therapy practices that join our directory, bringing together teams of practitioners who share a commitment to culturally responsive mental health care.

This means that when you're looking for mental health support, you're not just finding individual therapists who understand your experiences, but entire practices committed to creating welcoming and culturally responsive spaces.

Back in September, I visited Maria, co-founder and principal psychologist at Complete Therapy Group, and noticed something lovely... At exactly midday, everyone started gathering for lunch!

👉Maria explained that their practice has a designated lunch hour with no appointments, so the whole team, including reception staff, can take a break and eat together.

It was such a seemingly small gesture, but it reminded me how care, community and connection can be woven into the everyday running of an organisation. And how these kinds of operational decisions weave culturally responsive care into how therapists show up for themselves, one another and the people that they support.

We're proud to help you find and connect with such incredible teams and therapists through our Asian Mental Health Practitioner List, which you can find here.

❤️ Asami

Mental health resources

📖 A research article you might be interested in: 

Yu and colleagues (2025) reviewed 44 studies to see how Asian American parenting affects youth mental health. They found that cultural gaps between parents and children, along with family conflict, raise the risk for depression and anxiety. However, strong family bonds, parental warmth, and support act as key protective factors. Exploring how parental warmth is expressed and received in Asian families, and how cultural gaps manifest between generations, is thus a key part of culturally-responsive youth mental health care. 

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Here you can also find fact sheets aimed to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and offer practical insights for your wellbeing. They’re all free on our website so keep an eye out!

P.S. Have a topic you'd like us to create a resource around? Email us at hello@justshapesandsounds.com! 

🔎 Searching for a therapist?

Connect with our new practitioners via the Asian Mental Health Practitioner List, or share this page with someone who may need this.   

🎤 Therapist spotlight.

Get to know registered psychologist, Claire Qiu, via our interview:

"It is a privilege to walk beside people during their lowest periods, and so rewarding to see them become more expressive, less burdened by symptoms, and live life more fully, in a way that feels right for them."

Get to know accredited mental health social worker, William Wang, via our interview:

"I believe that our deepest wounds, when met with compassion and clarity, can become the very foundation of our greatest wisdom and personal growth."

🐌 And last but not least:

Recently in social media land,

We shared the second post from our new Lived Experience series, where we introduce you to practitioners who have personal experience navigating concerns that you may be going through right now. Check out more on our Instagram here.