Webinar Recap: Understanding Trauma-Informed Care for Asian American & Asian Immigrant (AAAI) LGBTQ+ Youth

September 25, 2024

About

This webinar will focus on the unique experiences and struggles among AAAI LGBTQ+ adolescents/young adults and their access to and experience in trauma-informed care and mental health services. Drawing from lived experience, cultural and historical contexts, and mental health service expertise, we will explore strengths, barriers, and culturally competent practices for trauma-informed care for LGBTQ+ individuals and families of Asian descent.

Learning Objectives

As a result of attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the complexity and intersectionality of AAAI LGBTQ+ experience 

  2. Describe at least two mental health disparities or access barriers to mental health care among AAAI LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults

  3. Identify at least two strategies on providing affirmative care and supporting the healing of AAAI LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults

Speaker Ling Lam’s presentation recording is not included due to privacy purposes, however, his slides can be accessed with the link below!

Moderator:

Sabrina Suico
Project Coordinator for TGNC and Flourish2 Projects at the Public Health Institute

Speakers:

Ling Lam, Ph.D., MFT
Lecturer
E-mail: counselor.ling@gmail.com
Slides

Ling Lam is a Lecturer in Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University where he teaches classes on Complex PTSD, Couple Therapy and Multicultural Psychotherapy. He created the first graduate level course exclusively focused on Complex PTSD in the US.

Micha Kirsch-Ito
Storyteller and Suicidologist
E-mail: michakirschito@gmail.com
Slides

Micha Kirsch-Ito (he/they/we) is a storyteller from Philadelphia, PA/Susquehannock and Delaware land with over 10 years of experience in equity-centered communications, design, and systems change. Their focus is decolonized and gender affirming care as trauma-informed care and anti-racist institutional change. Between speaking engagements across the country, he also works with the White House Initiative for Native Hawaiian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Mental Health; Health and Human Services' Office of Trafficking in Persons; the National Child Traumatic Stress Network; the University of Connecticut Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice; and local efforts for queer/trans wellness.