About TMCA
TMCA is Taiwan's first psychology organization dedicated to promoting multiculturalism, social justice, and trauma-informed therapy. It provides culturally attuned continuing education training for students, interns, and therapists, incorporating awareness of intergenerational trauma in Taiwanese families, and begins to develop a decolonization model unique to Taiwan.
It is also the first counseling association to advocate for interdisciplinary collaborations, including fields such as anthropology, linguistics, history, social media, and drama. Additionally, it has begun organizing talks and workshops on cultural and relational trauma for professionals and the general public.
All these efforts aim to ensure that psychotherapy in Taiwan preserves ancestral wisdom, aligns with local customs, and takes into account everyone on the land, including Indigenous Taiwanese, marginalized ethnic minorities, Southeast Asian immigrants and migrant workers, intercultural families, expats and third-culture children.
All these efforts aim to ensure that psychotherapy in Taiwan preserves ancestral wisdom, aligns with local customs, and takes into account everyone on the land, including Indigenous Taiwanese, marginalized ethnic minorities, Southeast Asian immigrants and migrant workers, intercultural families, expats and third-culture children.
Our Mission and Purpose:
1. Create a shared understanding of multiculturalism in Taiwan.
2. Increase multicultural awareness of helping professionals in Taiwan.
3. Support the development of counseling theories, techniques and models that are culturally specific to Taiwan
4. Provide a platform for local and international resource integration and collaboration related to multiculturalism
5. Increase culturally competent practices through counselor education, supervision and continuing education
6. Train and support Taiwanese educators to develop more culturally-sensitive practices for the classroom
7. Advocate for members of marginalized groups who are in counseling
8. Promote social justice and harmony in Taiwan
9. Connect Taiwan with international resources and facilitate cross-cultural panels and workshops
2. Increase multicultural awareness of helping professionals in Taiwan.
3. Support the development of counseling theories, techniques and models that are culturally specific to Taiwan
4. Provide a platform for local and international resource integration and collaboration related to multiculturalism
5. Increase culturally competent practices through counselor education, supervision and continuing education
6. Train and support Taiwanese educators to develop more culturally-sensitive practices for the classroom
7. Advocate for members of marginalized groups who are in counseling
8. Promote social justice and harmony in Taiwan
9. Connect Taiwan with international resources and facilitate cross-cultural panels and workshops
Latest News !
TMCA International Panel / Talk
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AARC International Panel At the 2024 AARC Conference, held on September 6th-7th, the Taiwan Multicultural Counseling Association was the only international booth. The president of TMCA also participated in the international panel. University of Nevada, Las Vegas On September 10, 2024, the president of TMCA gave a talk to College of Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, sharing Taiwan’s decolonization history, challenges, as well as hopes and possibilities. |
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International Collaboration on Decolonizing Therapy
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Decolonizing Therapy in Taiwan: De-westernization and practices We have invited a First Nations scholar to speak on 'holistic' healing and curriculum transformation for Indigenous students in Canada. Following this, a representative from Taiwan's Indigenous community discussed the political, economic, and educational challenges faced due to the erosion of sovereignty. Decolonizing English Counseling for Marginalized Population in Taiwan In addition, Taiwan has many international students from different continents. We have also invited speakers to introduce culturally relevant approaches for students from Africa, the United States, and the Caribbean. |
Rising Population
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Southeast Asian immigrants, migrant workers and international students have become a significant population in Taiwan. We have collaborated with psychologists from Southeast Asia to conduct training on related topics. Healing Takes Various Forms Providing multicultural mental health training for Southeast Asian translators and facilitating expressive art therapy activities for migrant workers. |
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Taiwanese-American Intergenerational Trauma Series & Teacher’s Training
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Hosted by New Bloom Magazine A series of talks on intergenerational trauma has been designed specifically for Taiwanese Americans in the U.S. and those returning to Taiwan, available in both Mandarin and Taiwanese. Additionally, there will be regular workshops listed on Eventbrite for participants overseas. Hosted by Fulbright Foundation
Culturally attuned and trauma-informed classroom training was provided to new English teachers in Taiwan by Fulbright Foundation during orientation. |
Sponsor Membership:
The association adopts an all-volunteer system, that is, all staff are unpaid. Your membership fee will help us pay for software and hardware expenses, continue to invite high-quality lecturers, and spread good ideas to more corners of Taiwan.
Sponsor membership fee is a voluntary payment.
Taiwan ATM Transfer:Bank: 808 Account Number: 0989-940-021192
For international payment options, please email us. Thank you!
Taiwan ATM Transfer:Bank: 808 Account Number: 0989-940-021192
For international payment options, please email us. Thank you!
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Emails |
Association Email:
[email protected] Chair Yi-Fang Evon Chiu: [email protected] Executive Director Frenny Yen: [email protected] Secretary General Chia-Yun Hsieh: [email protected] |
Address |
4F.-2, No. 367, Gongyi Rd., West Dist., Taichung City 403 , Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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