Therapy for Asian Americans
A lot has been happening locally and globally. It may feel like these devastations are happening in higher frequency than before, and perhaps they are. While it is disheartening to see that these tragedies are occurring, let us not forget that there are many ways to grow from it, help our community and contribute for [...]
The top reason my clients begin therapy is to seek relief from high levels of stress and anxiety. When people are asked what they want to get out of therapy, most respond with just wanting to reduce their symptoms or not feel so overwhelmed and exhausted. While that is a great initial goal, I also [...]
Access Issues to Mental Health: Part 4 Insurance benefits can puzzle and confuse many members because of all the unfamiliar jargon and numbers. This blog will focus only on mental health benefits, which are often a separate coverage in addition to medical health coverage. These are the most often used terms that clients should know [...]
Access Issues to Mental Health: Part 2 Access to quality mental healthcare can come with many barriers. Cost and availability being the main issues. Mental healthcare is also different from physical healthcare because it can be subjective and does not promise results. The alliance between the client and the provider is an integral part of [...]
Access Issues to Mental Health: Part 1 With the uncertain future of affordable healthcare, I will begin four part informational conversation on accessing managed mental healthcare. To keep things relevant, this series will focus primarily on the outpatient (aka office setting) private practice model of care. This series is not intended to sway clients or [...]
Thien Pham, LMFT 