Hang Ngo, Author at Sampan

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Health April 2, 2021 0

Ask Dr. Hang: Psychoeducation Column

(請點這裡閱讀中文版。) By Hang Ngo, Psy.D. I’ve been having a lot of mixed feelings about the recent shootings targeting Asian women in Atlanta, and as an Asian woman myself, I’ve been feeling scared about going outside by myself. How can I deal with all my feelings, when I don’t even know how to verbalize what these feelings are? Everyone is different in how they react to shocking and tragic events, especially events like hate crimes. The shootings in Atlanta may stir […]

Health January 22, 2021 0

Ask Dr. Hang: Psychoeducation Column

By Hang Ngo, Psy.D. My daughter just told me that she is transgender or nonbinary (跨性別) and I am so confused about what this means. My daughter wants me to refer to her as my “child,” instead of my “daughter” and if I talk about her in English, I am supposed to use “they” instead of “she.” Is my daughter abnormal? Let’s start with having you practice referring to your transgender/nonbinary child as your child, instead of your “daughter,” as […]

Health November 6, 2020 0

Ask Dr. Hang: How to Improve Your Work-Life Balance

I work remotely full time and I am taking two classes online towards my Masters degree. I’m really struggling with balancing work and life, in that I find myself facing my laptop for 12+ hours a day, feeling exhausted, and not having much of a life outside of work and classes. How can I improve my work-school-life balance? To ensure the best care for yourself and to improve your focus on the work that you need to do, you need […]

Education September 4, 2020 0

Ask Dr. Hang: Psychoeducation Column

By Hang Ngo, Psy.D. A parent struggles to support her children’s remote education My children are attending school remotely again this new school year, and I feel stressed about their learning while balancing my own job from home. Both my husband and I work full-time. It’s been a struggle to make sure our children are learning as much as they should, when we couldn’t supervise them during all their virtual classes and homework, and my children are on their iPads […]

Health August 21, 2020 0

Ask Dr. Hang

Mother struggles with son’s gay sexuality My son just told me that he is gay and we have been fighting about this. I think that he is young and confused, but he said that he’s known that he is gay for many years and that he is 20 years old, so he thinks he knows who he is. Did I do something wrong to make my son gay? How can I change him so he is not gay anymore? I […]

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