Learn culturally sensitive strategies for counseling Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities facing COVID-19 related racial discrimination in this award winning research publication.

Experiencing anti-Asian discrimination negatively impacts the psychological wellbeing of Chinese Americans. Here’s how mental health professionals can help.

Filipinx communities may be disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about how to promote the mental health equity of Filipinx communities.

Resilience and coping strategies are moderators to stress-related growth among Asian and AAPI communities. Read more about how to help clients cultivate these important strengths.

Asian Americans in predominantly White institutions often face distinct challenges. Learn more about culturally sensitive strategies and how PWIs can retain AAPI colleagues.

Experiences of COVID-19 related discrimination have unique impacts of Asian Americans across the lifespan. Learn more here.

Filipinx Americans may need specific types of counseling support to deconstruct suicidal thoughts. Learn how to decolonize the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide with Filipinx American clients here.

Filipinx Americans may use a variety of different coping skills to mitigate mental health distress from COVID-19 related racial discrimination.

Learn more about the relationship between racial discrimination, coping, emotional distress, and life satisfaction in this important study published by the Asian American Journal of Psychology.

Mental health professionals providing services during COVID-19 may be facing higher rates of burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress. Read my study about how to mitigate these effects and promote resilience.

Curious about how relationship status and adult attachment styles impacted mental health distress during COVID-19? I was too, so I did the research. Read about the findings here.

Frontline healthcare workers may be facing higher rates of moral injury during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about what can be done.

Being an “essential” worker may exacerbate disparities during COVID-19. Here is how mental health professionals can help.

Learn how to incorporate a critical feminist and bioecological approach to counseling international students.

Learn more about how counselor educators can infuse self-care and wellness into CACREP curricula

Labels matter! Referring to individuals as “sex trafficking survivors” rather than “prostitutes” impact attitudes, empathy, and rape myth acceptance. Learn more in this award winning publication!

Learn strategies for identifying, counseling, and advocating for child sex trafficking survivors.

Are you prepared to use trauma-informed strategies for counseling adult sex trafficking survivors? Check out this important publication.

Sex trafficking beliefs are present in mental health professionals. Learn how to infuse sex trafficking content into counselor education curricula in this featured article from The International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling.

Prepare for a deep dive about human sex trafficking, grooming processes, vulnerability factors, and treatment strategies in Dr. Litam’s award winning publication.

Short on time? Check out this practice brief about counseling human trafficking survivors published by the American Counseling Association.

Review a qualitative study of mental health workers’ perceptions of risk factors for forced labor exploitation in Nairobi, Kenya.

Explore Dr. Litam’s case study about a physician who attempted to purchase children for sex. Published in the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.

Examine the inner workings of one buyer’s attempt to purchase a trafficked child for sex in Dr. Litam’s case study published by the Journal of Sexual Aggression.

Curious about polyamory, consensual non-monogamy, and other alternative relationship styles? Learn more in this ACA practice brief.

Ready to become a kink affirming counselor? Learn more about consent, BDSM, and how to distinguish BDSM from domestic violence in this ACA practice brief.

Sexual shame has deleterious impacts in our wellbeing, relationships, and mental health. Learning to deconstruct sexual shame and develop a sex-affirming counseling framework is crucial to enhance the sexual empowerment of clients. Read more about how to cultivate these strategies.

Are you a school counselor working with transgender and gender expansive students? This article is essential to support your work!

Wondering about the demographics and sexual attitudes of OnlyFans users? Check out Dr. Litam’s pioneering study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior. This study represents the first academic publication on OnlyFans!

Bayesian racism is the belief that it is rational to discriminate against people based on existing racial stereotypes. We validated a psychometric tool that measures this phenomenon.

Asian American and African American communities have a long history of racial solidarity. Explore how AAPIs are working to denounce anti-Blackness and uphold a culpability toward supporting the Black community in this powerful grounded theory investigation.

Learn more about how spirituality impacts relational health and wellbeing among Black Americans in this powerful study.