Mental Health and the Asian American Experience | Jack Lam, Nita Batta LMSW, & Dr. Agnes Kwon Simone

Jack Lam (they/them) is an associate psychotherapist at the
Yellow Chair Collective, a multicultural therapy practice focused
on Asian and Asian American mental health. Jack is a genderqueer,
non-binary Chinese Malaysian immigrant, who brings a
compassionate, anti-oppressive lens to the work they do. Their
work focuses on depression and anxiety treatment, suicidality and
transgender/non-binary identities.


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Nita helps her clients navigate their strategies to work through
major challenges offering responsive caregiving solutions in a
warm and nurturing environment, through CBT modalities and a
strengths based perspective. Nita utilizes a positive, holistic,
and collaborative approach, building upon client strengths to
produce meaningful change. As an individual who was raised
between two cultures, she offers a warm and safe space to discuss
cultural competency as it relates to her clients' life. For many
minorities, there is a stigma toward psychotherapy; it’s not
something that's spoken about with friends and family. Nita
approaches each client from a unique perspective, tailoring
treatment to individual needs.


Nita specializes in anxiety, depression, career, premarital
counseling, love, dating, & relationships, children, teens,
& families, and racial & cultural identity.


Nita holds a Master of Social Work from University of
Pennsylvania and is licensed in both New York and California.


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Dr. Simone is a board certified adult psychiatrist who
specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders (generalized
anxiety, social anxiety, and more), depression, young adult
mental health, ADHD, and insomnia. She has experience working in
a variety of settings including academic, community, private, and
veterans affairs. She is passionate about her integrative and
culturally competent approach to mental health care. While she
provides medication management, she also highlights the
importance of non-pharmacologic interventions including healthy
lifestyle changes, mindfulness, and psychotherapy.


Dr. Simone is a Southern California native, where she also
completed her education and training. She received her bachelor’s
of science degree in human biology and psychology from UCSD,
earned her medical degree from Western University of Health
Sciences, and completed her psychiatry residency at UCLA and West
Los Angeles VA Medical Center, where she was Chief Resident. She
has been awarded the Psychiatric Education & Research
Foundation Excellence in Psychiatric Education Award, American
Psychiatric Association Resident Recognition Award, and the
Western University of Health Sciences Psychiatry Clinical Chair
Award.


She is currently offering both telehealth and in-person
appointments at the CalPsychiatry Echo Park and Pasadena offices.


CalPsychiatry


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