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Liberation-oriented, anti-oppressive, culturally informed mental health

 
 

SPEAKING

  • Keynote Addresses

  • Custom Content Creation & Digital Courses

  • Corporate Employee Resource Groups

  • Professional Development Trainings

  • Workshop Design and Facilitation

  • Media and Podcast Features

CONSULTING

  • Anti-racist and Anti-oppressive Practices for Therapists and Corporate Clients

  • Mental Health and Sustainable Self-care Trainings

  • Decolonial Mental Health and Liberation Psychology

  • Clinical Consultations

 
 

Past Clients

 
 
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Partnerships

 
 

Therapist Reacts to Immigrant Parents

Partnership with Healthline Mental Health.

Therapist Reacts to Dating Red Flags

Partnership with Healthline Mental Health.

Therapist Reacts to Interracial Couples

Partnership with Healthline Mental Health.

 

Past Presentations

 

Transforming Shame to Guilt in the Pursuit of Racial Justice

November 2022. TEDxKoenigLane.

The Murky Middle: Sustainable Self-Care for Creatives During Global Upheaval and Uncertainty

Nov 2020. Presentation designed specifically for creatives. Presented to Mid-American Arts Alliance.

 

Integrating Antiracism and Clinical Care

April 2022. Presented at Growing our HEARTS (Healing, Equity and Racial Trauma Transformation) Learning Summit at Aurora Mental Health Center

Healing Through PTSD and Xenophobia

April 2021. Keynote address. Presented at Recognize, Express, & Acknowledge through Community Healing (REACH).
Presented to Mental Health Association of Alameda County.

Overwork and Perfectionism as a Trauma Response

Dec 2, 2020. Presented to Asian Mental Health Project Webinar

 
 
 

“This was a really great and timely conversation. I am appreciative on how you guided us through a difficult conversation. My hope is that we are all better because of your work.”

- Equity Presentation Attendee

 
 
 

“I enjoyed this informative session. This information needed to be heard by all. The presenters did a wonderful job presenting information on a topic that is not easy for everyone to talk about.”

-Equity presentation attendee

 
 
 

“I had to tell you that you changed my life. You gave me the words I needed to express myself and my frustration. I told my therapist about you and now she follows you too. Thank you.”

-Instagram user

 
 
 

“As a child of immigrants and a Latina navigating a very white centered world, your posts have given me inspiration for the type of therapist I hope to become.”

-INSTAGRAM user

 
 
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Interviews & Features

 

The Stream: How is TikTok changing the way we talk about mental health?

The growth of "therapy TikTok" has attracted professional therapists and psychiatrists to use the platform to advocate for mental health awareness.
In this episode of The Stream, we'll talk to health professionals about the benefits and downsides of consuming mental health content online.

Peacekeepers Live 2023: Dr. Han Ren Interview

Peacekeepers Live 2023 told the stories of peacemakers where the violence is really happening: homes, schools, communities, places of work and all areas of conflict, on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Everyone can be a peacemaker, no matter where you are.

Buzzfeed: If You Were Spanked As A Child, Here's How It May Have Affected Your Brain

Dr. Han Ren speaks to Krista Torres to share research, cultural and historical context, and the psychology on spanking and how it affects children.

 

Conversations with Nick Thompson: Identity, Shame, and Racial Justice with Dr. Han Ren

I’ve been talking to some mental health professionals on the different types of challenges people are facing, as well as the stigmas that are rooted deeper than just the top-level feelings. We should share more about mental health so that we can normalize it, but I’ve learned that this is only one of many things we need to be doing to destigmatize mental health conversations.

Therapy Chat: De-Stigmatizing C-PTSD To Make Space For Healing - With Dr. Han Ren

Therapy Chat Host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Dr. Han Ren (she/they) who is doing big things on social media to normalize C-PTSD symptoms, promote liberatory psychology and anti-oppression work and show that being human is not a problem - even if you’re a mental health professional. In fact, as a mental health professional it can be an asset to share your lived experience.

Connectfulness: Recontextualizing Healing In Community & On Social with Dr. Han Ren

Han's widely viewed content on social media centers on liberating the idea that healing has to look a certain way, especially for often historically overlooked people and communities. Normalization goes a long way in undoing our collective experience of aloneness.

 

Worst Asian Podcast: Let's Normalize Asian Mental Health with Dr. Han Ren / AAPI Mental Health Awareness

It's a messy place at the intersection of mental health and being Asian. Dr. Han Ren comes onto the podcast to chat about how we can try to normalize it within the AAPI community. Generations of cultural stigmas have kept us from seeking help. The boys get real about their own experiences in therapy.

Unconditionally Worthy Podcast: Liberating Ourselves and Decolonizing Mental Health with Dr. Han Ren

What does it mean to decolonize mental health? As BIPOC folk, how do we liberate ourselves from colonization and mental illness? Learn what it means to decolonize mental health and what it looks like to care for and liberate yourself as a BIPOC person. By the end of the episode, you’ll know six ways you can start decolonizing mental health.

Firefly Stories from the Field: Reimagine Psychology, Systems, & Rest with Dr. Han Ren

Since the onset of the pandemic, we’ve seen increased interest in mental health and self-care. We’re also seeing a gradual shift toward applying a more intersectional lens to these practices and concepts, especially when the concerns of BIPOC have long been left out of these spaces.