(Re)Claim and Connect is a counselling group for people of Asian heritage who want to explore and reflect about their racial identity. The goal of the group is to foster belonging by exploring Asian Canadian experiences through intentional and guided storytelling.
Benefits:
- receive support and validation from others in the Asian community who share similar experiences
- may increase overall mental health, relational well-being, and life satisfaction
- may reduce feelings of distress and isolation
- may gain a greater awareness and appreciation of your life experiences
- will receive resources for further engagement with the topics
Dates:
Friday June 6 2025 (Pre-Group 5:30pm – 7:00pm)
Fridays June 20 – July 25 2025 (6 Sessions 5:30pm – 7:30pm)
Location: Peak Resilience
Price: $150 /session
*please review your extended health insurance plan if you intend to use benefits for coverage
Facilitators:
Wendy Ma (馬凱怡) is a second-generation Chinese Canadian with ancestral roots from Toisan, Guangdong. She is a Canadian Certified Counsellor who is passionate about contributing to the destigmatization of mental health in the Asian diaspora and works with clients to reclaim their cultural identity and unique stories of intergenerational trauma and resilience. This work is immensely meaningful to her because she recognizes who she is is deeply rooted and lost in her heritage. When she felt like she wasn’t either Chinese or Canadian “enough”, she also found healing and strength in the Asian community.
Sumeet Bhamra is a second-generation Punjabi Sikh Canadian with ancestral roots from India and Kenya. As a Registered Clinical Counsellor, she is invested in creating accessible and safe counselling spaces for people in the Asian community. She focuses her practice on the interconnection between our relationships with self, community, the world and different generations. Leading to an understanding of what our stories are and how those stories can impact self and community healing. Sumeet has been on her own journey of feeling stuck between cultural worlds and navigating a neurodivergent identity in adulthood.
Criteria
- 19 years and older
- have basic proficiency in written and spoken English
- interested in sharing experiences of racial identity through personal storytelling
- willing to fully participate and support others in the group
- located in British Columbia, Canada
Wendy and Sumeet will be facilitating (Re)Claim & Connect on the the stolen, traditional territories of the xwməθkwəəm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) people.
Book a free intake call with Sumeet & Wendy here.
Or email us at reclaimconnect@gmail.com if you have any questions!
