Asian American Family Services is committed to our primary mission of meeting the mental health needs of Asian Americans in Greater Houston and surrounding communities. The clinical staff at AAFS consists of experienced and culturally sensitive psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists who provide professional assistance for Asian-language speakers who are currently experiencing or who have experienced major life stressors. Our clinicians’ cultural sensitivity and understanding help them to better address clients’ mental health issues within the framework of clients’ cultural values and mores. Thus, while some of our clients speak English fluently, they feel that their needs are better met because of the attention paid to cultural issues.
We provide:
- Individual psychotherapy (children and adults)
- Family counseling and psychotherapy
- Relationship and marital counseling
- Psychological testing and assessment
- Psychiatric evaluation, consultation and medication management
- Psycho-educational support groups
Culturally Sensitive and Linguistically Competent Professionals
Clinical staff are bilingual and licensed and speak:
- Burmese
- Cantonese
- Hindi
- Korean
- Mandarin
- Nepali
- Vietnamese
- Urdu
Call to make an appointment today: 713-600-9400.
Clinical services are provided on a sliding scale based on income and household size.
Counseling starts at $25/session for qualified low-income clients, otherwise standard rates apply
Psychiatric treatment starts at $65 for qualified low-income clients, otherwise standard rates apply
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Clinical Staff:
Yao Cheng Wang, , M.A., MSW, LMSW
Delphine Lee, LMSW
Our Clinicians (Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Therapists) specialize in:
- Depression
- Domestic abuse related issues
- Violence in relationships and families
- Parenting and managing difficult behaviors (at home and in school)
- Marital or relationship difficulties
- Improving Communication Skills
- Conflicts between generations
- Stress Management
- Acculturative Stress
- Grief and Loss issues
- Identity formation and Development
- Immigration related issues
In Depth Examples of Clinical Issues Addressed:
- Depression, symptoms include:
- sadness
- sleep difficulties (sleep too much, not enough)
- low energy or motivation
- decreased interest in hobbies and/or enjoyable activities
- increased feelings of guilt and/or shame
- difficulty concentrating
- increased or decreased appetite
- feeling restless
- thoughts of death or suicide
- Anxiety, symptoms include:
- excessive worry or stress
- excessive fear, feeling afraid of something
- feeling overwhelmed
- difficulty concentrating
- sleep difficulties (sleep too much, not enough)
- increased or decreased appetite
- physical symptoms including increased heart rate, sweaty palms, nausea, dizziness, shallow breathing
- Acculturative stress, symptoms include:
- worries related to difficulties adjusting to mainstream American culture
- worries about “fitting in”
- worries about English fluency
- stress from having little money, little education, few resources
- worries about family’s adjustment to US
- conflict with other racial and ethnic groups
- increased loneliness, isolation
- feeling homesick
- changing sense of identity and roles within family
- worries about how you are perceived by others
- physical symptoms of anxiety (e.g. increased heart rate, difficulty sleeping, difficulty concentrating, feeling overwhelmed)
- Domestic abuse related issues
- understand physical and/or emotional conflict and violence in relationships and families
- learn better communication skills to avoid conflict and violence
- learn better ways to cope with emotional and physical abuse
- access to supportive and education resources to deal with domestic violence
- Grief and loss issues
- help support clients who have sadness and distress due to death of loved one
- help client’s to make sense of the loss of a loved one
- develop coping strategies to deal with the emotional effects of death of loved one
- education about stages to grief (pain and suffering due to death of loved one) and recovery (life after the loss of a loved one)
- Parenting and managing difficult behaviors (at home and in school)
- teach children to better deal with emotions
- learn about childhood problems and disorders
- learn better ways to cope with child’s difficulties
- develop techniques to avoid becoming frustrated or angry at your child
- learn how to communicate with challenging children
- Marital or relationship difficulties
- learn how to communicate better with your partner
- learn how to take others’ point of view
- develop better strategies to deal with stress and worries
- learn how to compromise
- Improving communication skills
- learn how to communicate more clearly and effectively
- develop assertiveness
- become a better listener
- learn non-verbal cues for better communication, including better posture, eye contact, and directness
- learn to better understand social situations in different social and cultural contexts
- Conflicts between generations
- learn to communicate better with parents, grandparents, children
- develop deeper understanding of other generation’s experiences
- develop more appreciation and respect for other generation’s experiences and contributions
- Identity formation and development
- help clients to develop a sense of who they are
- develop understanding of family roles and expectations
- encourage clients to explore aspects of their identity including who they are in relation to their race and culture
- encourage clients to examine the impacts of social interactions with others on their identity
- Immigration related issues
- learn about social and political effects of immigration status
- learn about rights and responsibilities related to immigration status
- develop understanding of possibilities and limitations
- help client to navigate legal systems
- help client to utilize services and access resources