
Monthly Workshop
Workshops hosted at Kasamahan are online and open for all to attend and learn with Filipino/a/x mental health professionals and their bodies of work.
Directed and moderated by Maria Cristina Castro, LCPC

Global Psychology and Human Rights
within the Filipino/a/x Diaspora
Facilitated by Patricia H. A. Perez, PhD
Monday
November 17, 2025
(N. American Time Zones)
8am - 9:30am PST
9am - 10:30am MST
10am - 11:30am CST
11am - 12:30pm EST
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
Our past facilitators may request for information about their workshop including its recording to be deleted or not shared with certain audiences at any time. Kasamahan does not provide payment for the information or opinions our volunteer facilitators share.




















