Kasamahan
Nonprofit community enriching Filipino/a/x mental healthcare
Past Events
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Past Salo-Salos
Kasamahan's online social event for Filipino/a/x mental health professionals.
October 2025
July 2025
This is the first salo-salo not hosted
by Cristina and was hosted by
April 2025
Changed to an evening time to allow those in the Philippines a chance to attend
October 2024
Celebrated Filipino American History Month
July 2024
Invited non-western healers
Expanded our definition of
Filipino/a/x mental health professional
April 2024
Our first salo-salo!
Past Community Events
Kasamahan participants connecting with their local Filipino/a/x community.
2024
Filipino Day Market in Austin, TX
Filipino Young Professionals - ATX
Eliza Jade Brown, LCSW
Judi Yapias, LPC
Charisse Ferrer, LPC-S
Piyesta Pinoy in Bolingbrook, IL
Patti B. Lorenzo, LCPC
Maria Cristina Castro, LCPC
Past Social Events
Kasamahan has an annual Summer and Winter Social held in Illinois.
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2025
Summer Social at Lyon Park
Board Directors based in llinois
2024
Winter Social
Third Annual Paskuhan
Patricia H. A. Perez, PhD
China Chef, Filipino and Cantonese
Summer Social on Glencoe Beach, IL
Patricia H. A. Perez, PhD
Maria Cristina Castro, LCPC
2023
Winter Social
Second Annual Paskuhan
The Rizal Center
Maria Cristina Castro, LCPC
Past Presentations
Kasamahan nonprofit presentations hosted at mental health conferences.
2024
IPA Convention Presentation
Kasamahan: A Model for Deepening
Cultural and Clinical Competence
Illinois Psychological Association (IPA)
Edward Fajardo, PsyD
Maria Cristina Castro, LCPC
Patricia H. A. Perez, PhD
Past Workshops
To view a past workshop recording, please contact us to submit a request.
September 2025
Autoethnography, Kapwa ᜃᜉ᜔ᜏ:
Are Filipino Americans Really Filipino?
August 2025
Introduction to the Community Resiliency Model (CRM)
June 2025
Rooted & Real: Authentic Social Media
Marketing for Therapists
Jillian Cruzet, LPC-A
May 2025
Babaylan: Exploration of Filipino Gender
and the Impact of Colonization
Marijo Villano, PhD, Licensed Psychologist
February 2025
Exploring Traditional Knowledge and Practices
Promoting Mental Health and Well-being among
the Sagada Kankanaey Indigenous Peoples
the Center for Babaylan Studies
January 2025
Kapwa and Yoga Nidra Meditation:
Is there a connection?
Cherie B. Concepcion, LMFT, C-IAYT
November 2024
Barriers and Promotors of Male Childhood Sexual Abuse
Disclosures Among Filipino American Men
*not recorded
Gregory G. Desierto, PsyD
September 2024
Filipino/a/x and the Mental Health Context:
Pivoting Your Clinical Skills to Consulting
Patricia H. A. Perez, PhD
August 2024
The Uses of EMDR Therapy within Filipino/a/x Communities
Alissa Catiis, LCSW, RYT
May 2024
Co-Creating Spaces of Belonging through Kapwa
Wil Vargas, LCSW
March 2024
Awakening Possibilities: Storytelling Centering Filipino/a/x Narratives
Alissa Catiis, LCSW, RYT
February 2024
Cultural Synergy:
Integrating Adlerian Psychology in Therapy
with Filipino/Filipino American Communities
Randel Jiao
October 2023
Common Mental Health Struggles for Filipinx Americans
Jeana Abadejos, LMFT
September 2023
Undoing and Reclaiming: Philippine History,
Colonization, and Overcoming Colonial Mentality
to Embrace Filipino Culture and Identity
Marijo Villano, PhD
August 2023
An Overview of Sikolohiyang Pilipino:
Anchoring The Clinical Work Through Our Lived Experiences as Filipinx
Patricia H.A. Perez, PhD
July 2023
Understanding the Basics of Art Therapy and Creative Expression
Fredelyn Calla, LCPC, ATR-BC
April 2023
Filipino's Relationship with Money
Lolan P. Adan, LPC
March 2023
A Child Custody Case Gone Awry:
Why We Need Filipino-American Mental Health Professionals
Edward Fajardo, PsyD
February 2023
Dreams as the Language of the Soul
Eliza Wangerin, LCPC