Contributed by Sahaj Kaur Kohli

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Forging a Multicultural Identity

How to Move from Isolation to Fusion

How can we help our clients work through the inner torment of trying to occupy two cultural identities at once when they don’t fully feel they belong to... Read more

The Parentification Trap

Growing Up Too Fast as a Child of Immigrants

How does it impact the development of second-generation kids when their sense of self is inextricably tied to meeting the needs of parents and elders? Read more

Sahaj Kaur Kohli

Sahaj Kaur Kohli, MAEd, LGPC, NCC, is a practicing therapist, international speaker, and the founder of Brown Girl Therapy (@browngirltherapy), the first and largest mental health and wellness community organization for adult children of immigrants. She’s the author of But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures and a columnist for The Washington Post’s advice column Ask Sahaj. Her work has been featured in Today, Good Morning America, CNN, the New York Times, and HuffPost.