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A Filipino/a/x mental health community compiled list of resources.
The focus is on supporting Filipino/a/x mental health and wellbeing.

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Recommendations


Sikodiwa by Carl Lorenz Cervantes

February recommendation by jezreel cornel, AMFT after reading this book.

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jezreel cornel, AMFT at jezreel@kasamahan.org

Anna Patricia P. Grgurovic, MA, LPCC at patricia@kasamahan.org

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Communities
We have removed the criteria for communities to link back to us in favor of accessibility for our participants. Communities that are not nonprofits are reviewed case by case by our board. For those that are for-profit such as private practices that provide valuable mental health resources, we highly recommend Sponsorship!
 

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Crisis Support
 

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Resources that are not Filipino/a/x specific. If you know of any Filipino/a/x specific crisis support, please contribute to our resources. Please also let us know if you have any negative experiences.
 

  • Apna Ghar

    • Illinois-based​

    • Culturally sensitive, Asian American

    • Support for gender violence

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  • #UsapTayo! - Filipino Mental Health Initiative​

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End of the Year Reviews

 

2025
From Anna Patricia P. Grgurovic, LPCC, Consider It Wellness

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Depending on where you are at on your own journey as a mental health care practitioner here is a 2025 recap from Kasamahan’s own resource library!

 

Are you looking to find a deeper understanding of Kapwa and other Filipino philosophies, social psychologies, and its influence on the Filipino?

Then read: The Filipino Mind, Philippine Philosophical Studies II - Leonardo M. Marcado
 

This article is dense, but if you are interested in the foray of understanding Kapwa as the combination of Filipino social psychology and philosophy, then start here. This article is one I have printed out with annotations spanning several years of reference. The knowledge gained here connects well with systems theories that are taught in many graduate programs. Much of the items in this article runs deep in psycholinguistics, but it is such a good baseline for understanding how to address and help innate Filipino tendencies. 

 

Even in my practice within predominantly non-Filipino communities, I am able to combine knowledge gained from this article with others’ works like Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. In particular this quote, “The attainment of paradise through hardships is also the attainment of liwanag (Inner light)(pg.26).” has a strong connection with Frankl’s logotherapy, Buddhism’s Dharma, and so many more. 

 

Unless you define yourself as an academic or a scholar, this article may not be one that you read through in one sitting. I have found it helpful to read in chunks then practice reflection and observation to be able to understand and apply the learning in both my personal and professional daily mindset. As I stated previously, this article is one of my annual revisits and the pages are littered with annotations from multiple revisits. I hope it helps you as much as it has for me.

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Do you have long commutes and enjoy podcasts?

Kultivating Kapwa Podcast has three seasons out. The primary focus is to help us cultivate Kapwa by listening to stories of other communities and professionals do so in their daily lives. The first series is an introduction to “Auntie Leny” and her professional and personal life working towards decolonization and relationship with nature. Series two covers community members and the third is directly about parenthood. In my opinion you don’t need to listen to all three series consecutively. But I would start each series on the first episode. 

 

If you are working with children, adolescence, and their families, series three is a quality starting point that some points can be applicable when working with other intergenerational trauma clients. I’ve found it especially helpful working in family therapy.

 

Decolonization work is heavy, especially when practicing in non-BIPOC communities. If you are working in a predominantly white dominant community, starting with series two may be an empowering place to start.

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Are you interested in learning about Filipino folk psychology to understand how it differs from the psychology of the Filipino/a/x diaspora?

Follow @Sikodiwa on instagram for easy to consume media about Filipino folklore and psychology. For mental health professionals born and raised not in the Philippines, Carl Lorenz Cervantes provides an introduction to these topics in a less dense format than Leonardo M. Marcado’s The Filipino Mind.

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Are you interested in books to recommend to your clients for bibliotherapy*, or books to read for yourself to help process your own countertransference as you engage with clients?

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*Bibliotherapy is the practice of using books to help people improve their mental health and address emotional or psychological issues.

 

Here are some of my favorite reads from 2025 by Filipino authors that would be helpful for emotional processing through bibliotherapy:

 

Memoirs for Filipino American Diaspora: 

 

Fiction read for emotion/trauma processing for mother to daughter physical abuse: 

 

Non-Fiction read for processing civil rights: 

  • Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista (best read alongside The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander and Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson to keep perspective with US judicial system)

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​​Find more recommendations from Anna Patricia @considerit.wellness

 

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Resource Library Contributors

Anna Patricia P. Grgurovic

Arriane Munar

Charlene Patron-Drigo

Christine Marie Q. Turner

Dom-an Florence Macagne

Don-Don C. Untalan

Eliza Jade Brown
Erin Manalo-Pedro

Imee Del Mundo

Jeannie Celestial
​jezreel cornel

Jimbo Fatalla

Joanne Garces

Letecia Layson
Maria Cristina Castro

Patricia H. A. Perez

Racquel Hays

Roanne DeGuia-Samuels

Romulo de Castro

S. Lily Mendoza

Vienna Michaelsen​

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