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Apr 2021
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Decolonizing the Practice of Mental Heal...

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Ivy Kwong is a second-generation Asian American Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Life, Transformation, & Relationship Coach, Speaker, and Author who offers trauma-informed and social justice-minded therapy and coaching for individuals. Jeannie and Ivy spend some time discussing the need to process the progressing hate crimes against Asian Americans and the problem with valuing your own comfort over healing.


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