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Hi and welcome to Dubu or Not Tofu!
We’re two female Psychotherapists who want to open up space to talk about topics in East Asian communities within a Western context.
We intersect the Christian worldview into our explorations and we welcome listeners from any faith or no faith backgrounds.
Hey guys! Happy New Year! We can't believe it's 2022!
Today's episode is the first half of a two part episode. Well, it was technically supposed to be one, but we thought it would be easier to hear in separate episodes.
We share about why we do what we do, our cultural background and Ellen shares a bit about her own personal journey with mental health, along with her experience of sharing about Post-traumatic Stress and the responses received whilst in a Chinese and Christian community.
There are some trigger warnings in this episode which we have included below. While we try our best to mention the common ones in each episode, we acknowledge each person can be triggered by something unique and may have missed something that is triggering for you.
(One correction, Ellen refers to trauma expert Gabor Mate and his statement more correctly is “Trauma is not what happens to you. Trauma is what happens inside of you as a result of what happens to you.”
This explains that a trauma response is not just about the event itself, but about what happens inside of us as a result of what happened.)
Thank you for joining us, please join us next week for our next episode where Erika shares briefly about her own personal journey with mental health in her University years and in her postpartum journey.
Possible Spoiler Alert
Encanto Disney Movie (34:13 - 35:21)
Trigger Warning Time Stamps
Post-traumatic Stress (PTS) (20:43 - 22:20)
Ellen's sharing of her own journey with mental health mentions this topic overall. While we try to time stamp it, please be aware there is an underlining reference of it in her sharing after the above time stamp as well.
LINKS
Practice Website
Erika Kim Counselling
Ellen Yun Counselling
Dubu Or Not Tofu
Erika Kim Counselling
Ellen Yun Counselling
Counselling Directories
The Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC)
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
The Counselling Directory
The National Counselling Society
The UK Council for Psychotherapy
Mental Health Crisis Helplines
The Samaritans: Call 116 to talk about anything upsetting you. Available 24/7/365
SANEline If you are experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone who is 0300 304 7000
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK Offering a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide 0800 689 5652
Papyrus HOPELINEUK If you're under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings or concerned about a young person who might be struggling 0800 068 4141
Hi and welcome to Dubu or Not Tofu! We’re two female Psychotherapists who want to open up space to talk about topics in East Asian communities within a Western context. Welcome to our first episode of Dubu or Not Tofu!
TW: Please note we discuss the subject of suicide in this episode. (The timestamps for this section is between 13:33 - 17:00)
In this episode some of the things we discuss are:
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The reasons why we named this podcast 'Dubu or Not Tofu'
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What launching this podcast means to us
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A little about Inner Child Work and how our inner children are responding to the increase in East Asian representation in the world
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Maternal mental health and intergenerational trauma Just as a disclaimer, all the information shared here today should not be a replacement for therapy. If anything you heard today, got you thinking about wanting to learn more, please feel free to message us or find a mental health professional near you. For listeners in the UK, you can find links to directories on where you can search for a therapist below.
LINKS
Practice Website
Erika Kim Counselling
Ellen Yun Counselling
Dubu Or Not Tofu
Erika Kim Counselling
Ellen Yun Counselling
Articles
Breaking Intergenerational Pain and Burdens: A Reflection on ShangChi by Ellen Yun
Sesame Street -
Ji Young 'Meet The Friends in Your Neighbourhood' Video
Ji Young 'See Us Coming Together Special' Video
Counselling Directories
The Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC)
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
The Counselling Directory
The National Counselling Society
The UK Council for Psychotherapy
Mental Health Crisis Helplines
The Samaritans: Call 116 to talk about anything upsetting you. Available 24/7/365
SANEline If you are experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone who is 0300 304 7000
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK Offering a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide 0800 689 5652
Papyrus HOPELINEUK If you're under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings or concerned about a young person who might be struggling 0800 068 4141
Hi and welcome to Dubu or Not Tofu!
We’re two female Psychotherapists who want to open up space to talk about topics in East Asian communities within a Western context.
Surprise!
We’re doing things a little differently here, and giving you this bonus episode first! It’s of the IG live we recorded on October 8th!
In this episode we share a little bit about ourselves and also about the topics we’re looking to cover in our future episodes, topics like shame, passive aggressiveness, racism, conflict avoidance, saving face, intergenerational trauma, reconciliation in our families and churches, fear, bicultural identity.
Do dig in to get to know us a little better and to hear what we are hoping to cover. Let us know what topics resonate and if there are other topics that you’d like us to create some space to have some curious conversations about, to break the taboo’s in our communities for ourselves, and for our future generations.
Stay tuned for our first episode coming out soon.
Just as a disclaimer, all the information shared here today should not be a replacement for therapy. If anything you heard today, got you thinking about wanting to learn more, please feel free to message us or find a mental health professional near you. For listeners in the UK, you can find links to directories on where you can search for a therapist in our shownotes.
LINKS
Instagram: @dubuornottofu
*Counselling directories to search for a Therapist
The Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC): https://www.acc-uk.org/find-a-counsellor/search-for-a-counsellor.html
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP): https://www.bacp.co.uk/about-therapy/how-to-find-a-therapist/
The Counselling Directory: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk
The National Counselling Society: https://nationalcounsellingsociety.org
The UK Council for Psychotherapy: https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk
Hi and welcome to Dubu or Not Tofu!
We’re two female Psychotherapists who want to open up space to talk about topics in East Asian communities within a Western context.
We're so excited that you're joining us in this new adventure!
Tune into this trailer episode to hear more from us and for a special announcement...
LINKS
Instagram: @dubuornottofu