Press & Media

Angela Wu LMFT Asian American Therapist

Angela has been featured in…

Buzzfeed’s Talkaboutbias, USA Today, Here & Now Anytime NPR, Verywell Health Magazine, Verywell Mind Magazine, Lotus Magazine, Wondermind, Psych Central, Popsugar, Medium, Represent Asian, The Universal Asian, Travel + Leisure, and has worked with New Mexico’s Department of Health in their Anti-Oppression Training, OCA-DC Asian Pacific American Advocates, and partnered with various community organizations. Her mission is to shed light on and give voice to Asian American experiences and stories.

Features

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Verywell Health

How 3 Therapists Are Breaking Down Barriers to Mental Health Care in AAPI Communities

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USA Today

Is Anyone Really OK Right Now? What Netflix’s ‘Beef’ Can Teach Us About All-Encompassing Rage

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Represent Asian Project
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Wondermind

The Guilty Type of Burnout You Might Be Feeling

Verywell Health

Intergenerational Trauma in AAPI Communities

Popsugar

Mental Health is Complicated for APIA Folks. Let’s Talk About It.

How Asian Female Therapists are Managing Amid Surging Anti-Asian Racism

Verywell Mind

Everything Everywhere All at Once & the Immigrant Parent-Child Relationship

VoyageLA

Hidden Gems: Meet Angela Wu of The Sassy Asian Therapist
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Asian Pacific Islander Mental Health

Psych Central

Travel +Leisure

My Sisters and I Taken an Annual Sibling Trip, and It’s the Best Thing for Our Relationship

Wait, Is My Anxious Attachment Caused by Glass Child Syndrome?

Verywell Mind

Why We’re Still Conditioned to Uphold New Year’s Resolutions

Verywell Mind
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Introducing Angela Wu

Biden Shares the Mental Health Advice He Wants Americans to Know

The Messenger

Medium

Asian Female Business Leaders Share Their Best Advice for Entrepreneurs

The Universal Asian

Angela Wu Asian Therapist Empowerment Coach Los Angeles California

Go Solo

The Sassy Asian Therapist- Angela Wu

So, when are you having kids? Navigating challenging family gatherings over the holidays.

Lotus Magazine

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Videos

BuzzFeedVideo: Let’s #TalkAboutBias: A Social Experiment by P&G

IG LIVE with Chef Tu (Top Chef Season 15) on Healing Our Bloodline Through Food. A conversation about culture, family, mental health, and food.

Therapist Reacts to Emotions, Asian Family Dynamics, Grief, & Trauma in Life is Strange: True Colors

The Church We Hope For: Mental Self Care as Spiritual Formation

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Podcasts

Learn about the layers of trauma being Taiwanese, why Angela choose to be both a coach and therapist, the basic emotional and psychological needs, and details about her “Take Up Space” Coaching Program!

Angela Wu, a Taiwanese-American licensed mental health therapist, shares her journey of reclaiming her cultural identity and supporting mental health within the Asian American community.


In this episode, we hear her experiences as a former teacher, the impact of discovering her undocumented status, and the challenges she faced. Angela also opens up about her conflicts with her identity and the trauma of experiencing assault, highlighting the importance of therapy and healing.


The conversation covers themes of mental health, cultural identity, intergenerational trauma, and healing within the Asian American community. It explores the impact of shame, guilt, and the model minority stereotype on mental health. The journey of reclaiming cultural identity and the importance of open, vulnerable conversations with parents are also highlighted.

Today we bring on Angela Wu LMFT aka the Sassy Asian Therapist to bring on a professional light on what generational trauma is, and how we can cope with it as second generation asian Americans. We discuss this idea of trying to "fix" our parents as children of refugees, tactics to handle generational trauma, how we can start the conversation of healing with our parents and many more! 

The Asian Mental Health Collective started during the pandemic to provide free therapy and work toward erasing the stigma around mental healthcare. The group is rallying counselors across the country amid shootings targeting Asian communities.

22:40 Angela Wu LMFT shares her experience as a therapist amongst the Monterey Park shooting.

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Workshops & Trainings

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