On behalf of our Planning Committee, we welcome you to the website of the Consortium on Asian American Mental Health Training. This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of our conference! Except for 2020 when we cancelled due to the COVID pandemic, we have brought the training conference annually in October to educate and support professionals who serve the mental health needs of our Asian American communities.
The consortium was formed in 1995 by a group of mental health professionals from the academic, private, and public sectors. The group came together with the purpose of creating a venue to educate clinicians about providing culturally appropriate care for our diverse Asian American communities. In our year-long process, the Planning Committee gathers to organize and coordinate the annual mental health training conference. We start by identifying the current topics facing our Asian American communities, particularly the challenges faced by those we serve in our client populations. Among the many concerns,
we select one theme which is timely and reach out to local and national presenters who can further our knowledge with their research, experience, and expert insights. With the intent for the attendees to learn from our presenters as well as from each other, we want to deliver a conference which is relevant and helpful in enhancing our competency. We consider it our collective cause to continuously improve our compassionate treatment and care of our Asian American clients and to support awareness of the mental health issues and unique needs of the multifaceted community.
We hope that our conference serves as a forum to gather interested mental health professionals in this learning, and we additionally view our annual meeting as an event when we visit with colleagues and friends who are dedicated in their service to the Asian American community. We would like to invite you to join us for this year’s conference with the theme of “Working with Asian American Families: Principles and Practices” on October 23, 2024. See you there!
Sincerely,
Silvia Yan, PhD
Chair, Consortium on Asian American Mental Health Training