Part of our Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Events
*Webinar is open to all Stanford Alumni, students, staff, and family of alumni, students, or staff*
Join SAPAAC Advocacy and Education Chair and licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Caroline Lee (‘09 PhD Educational Psychology), in conversation with special guest, Dr. Helen Hsu, licensed clinical psychologist and Director of Outreach at Stanford University Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) as they kick off AANHPI Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month.
They will discuss mental health strengths and struggles in the AANHPI community, and Dr. Helen Hsu will share her invaluable insights and experience in working with the Stanford community. Campus resources will be discussed as well as recommendations for students and parents to enhance their well-being. The webinar will end with a brief Q and A.
Dr. Helen Hsu is Director of Outreach, Asian American specialist, and lecturer at Stanford University Counseling and Psychological Services. She is Past President of the American Psychological Association Div. 45 (Society for the Study of Race, Culture and Ethnicity), a past president of the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA), and past Chair of the Training Advisory Committee at the American Psychological Association (APA) Minority Fellowship Program. Dr. Hsu also served on the APA Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression.
As a bi-cultural, bi-lingual clinician, Dr. Hsu has worked within the Alameda County Behavioral Healthcare system overseeing K-12 school-based clinical services and care for those living with chronic and severe mental health conditions. She is an advisory board member of the JED foundation focused on youth suicide prevention and is the clinical lead for Pandora Bio, Inc. Dr Hsu’s work has focused primarily on intersectional diverse communities, culturally responsive treatment, parent education, grief, corporate and entertainment consultation, mentorship of psychology students and community-wide mental health education and empowerment. Her book The Asian American Healing Trauma workbook will be published by New Harbinger in July 2024.
Dr. Caroline C. Lee, is a licensed clinical child, adolescent, and adult psychologist currently in private practice in Orange County, California. She specializes in treating anxiety disorders and values integrating evidence-based practices- including utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology, and acceptance commitment therapy. She is also a credentialed public school teacher. Prior to being in private practice, Dr. Lee worked at Kaiser Permanente’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department as a staff Psychologist. There she led the Intensive Outpatient Program and the Parents of Preschoolers program. She also served as the Co-director of the Post-doctoral Clinical Training program.
Dr. Lee graduated with her PhD in Educational Psychology from Stanford University where she taught psychoeducational courses on culture and coping to undergraduate and graduate students. She was also part of the Asian American Mental Health at Stanford Initiative that led to the creation of the current mental health programming. Dr. Lee is a current Board Member of Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club (SAPAAC) and also on the Community Advisory Committee of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) for the Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander National Youth Mental Health Study. Dr. Lee routinely gives psychoeducation presentations and workshops to schools and organizations and is passionate about destigmatizing mental health and building empowerment and resilience in our communities.