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Music and our mental health. mental health Jul 19, 2020

Music is a strange and unique “phenomenon” that has played some kind of role across all human cultures, spanning both time and geographical location. ...

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Is there an Asian Australian language? mental health Jul 12, 2020

There is much research that highlights the way in which mental health issues are equally prevalent across all racial groups in Australia. However, it ...

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Self-reflection: What's missing? mental health May 19, 2020

Self-reflection, self-awareness, self-inquiry.

Time and time again, we are told that such processes, of getting to know ourselves intimately, can “he...

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Watching out for oppressive mental health practice. mental health Mar 15, 2020

I received an email from an Australian psychology service yesterday which addressed the covid-19 outbreak and how we can take care of ourselves throug...

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Opening up to others safely: A delicate and learnable skill. mental health Mar 09, 2020

I feel like we spend a lot of energy and dialogue around how we can support others by checking in with them when they don’t look or seem so well. Init...

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The Asian Australian Mental Health Practitioner List (Vic). mental health Mar 02, 2020

Whenever I talk about this platform, Shapes and Sounds, the number one question I'm asked is, "do you know of a good Asian Australian therapist?" It's...

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Our mental health exists in relationship with others. mental health Nov 26, 2019

As we grow our online platform to talk about and promote our mental health as Asian Australians, I think that it's important now to reiterate the need...

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Asian Australian Mental Health. mental health Nov 21, 2019

About 6 years ago, I walked into a psychology session and was reminded that “I know that people like you can be very high achievers so it’s important ...

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