MY NAME IS DR. HY V. HUYNH. I’M A COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGIST, MEDITATION TEACHER, AND VISUAL STORYTELLER.

As a community psychologist, I am someone who tries to embody and advocate for community mental health and community care into research, policy, and practice, in support of marginalized communities faced with the greatest mental health inequities.

RESEARCHER

I work on health policy and intervention informing research that strives to better understand the unique mental health challenges and needs of marginalized communities, particularly for marginalized youth and young adult populations such as orphaned and separated children, immigrant/refugee youth, youth of color, and LGBTQ youth and young adults in low- and middle- resource contexts.

PRACTITIONER

My work as a practitioner both deeply informs my research and vice versa, and takes shape as facilitating therapy groups and mental health workshops and courses, creating and adapting mental health interventions to be more culturally salient for local and global BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and youth communities, as well as consultancy and advising on mental health policy reform and interventions.

EDUCATOR

As an educator, I strive to cultivate an inclusive, engaging, and nurturing learning environment that fosters critical consciousness and academic activism and advocacy on topics such as ethical community-engaged research, practice, and leadership, and the global mental health of marginalized populations, including refugee/immigrants, Asian Americans & diaspora, and LGBTQ+ communities.

QTBIPOC MEDITATION GATHERING

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 10AM – 2PM

PEOPLE’S SOLIDARITY HUB, DURHAM, NC

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QUEERING UP & DECOLONIZING MINDFULNESS MEDITATION COURSE

APRIL 23 – MAY 14, 6:30 – 8PM

PRACTICE SPACE, DURHAM, NC

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MEETING EACH MOMENT WITH LOVE: A METTA RETREAT FOR THE QTIPOC COMMUNITY

MARCH 27 – 31, 2024

DHAMMA DENA, JOSHUA TREE, CA

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If you’d like to connect or collaborate, I’d welcome you to reach out.