Dr. Han Ren
Liberation-oriented, anti-oppressive, culturally informed mental health
Dr. Han Ren (she/they) is a licensed clinical and school psychologist, consultant, speaker and educator. She is deeply rooted in liberation and anti-oppressive work, practicing from a justice-oriented, interpersonal, culturally-humble, and systems-informed framework. Through their widely viewed content on social media, they strive to make mental health accessible and applicable to our daily lives. Dr. Ren addresses the pursuit of collective healing through her work centered in historically overlooked communities, especially Asian-Americans and children of immigrants. She has been featured on the TEDx stage, the Headspace app, Buzzfeed, and the Huffington Post. When she’s not in the therapy chair, you can find her laughing with family and friends, caffeinating with black coffee, dancing offbeat to live music and Peloton-ing.
Not accepting new therapy clients at this time.
Speaking
Keynote Addresses
Corporate Employee Resource Groups
Custom Content Creation and Digital Courses
Professional Development Trainings
Workshop Design and Facilitation
Media and Podcast Features
Consulting
Anti-racism and Anti-oppressive practices for Therapists and Corporate Clients
Mental Health and Sustainable Self-care Trainings
Decolonial Mental Health and Liberation Psychology
Clinical Consultations for Mental Health Professionals
Book Announcement
Dr. Han Ren’s “The Hyphenated Life: Bridging the In-Between Spaces of Intersectional Identities” will be out by early 2026. Part memoir, part self-help, part cultural critique, this book will be a collection of essays drawing from her personal life and professional practice. Providing readers with multiple intersectional identities — “hyphenates — the tools to proces, evolve, and thrive in dominant Western culture and society by examining themes of othering, belonging, authenticity, privilege, and oppression.
Areas of Expertise
Asian-American and Asian diaspora mental health
Anxiety, perfectionism, high achievers, and children of immigrants/third culture kids
Providing anti-racist and anti-oppressive clinical care
Liberation psychology and decolonizing mental health
Emergent adulthood, attachment trauma, and parenting
Asian American identity in corporate America, including overwork and overachievement
Educating children about race and racism
Making mental health research approachable and accessible for diverse audiences
“You explained this better
than my own therapist.”
- TikTok User
“I can genuinely say that I wouldn’t have traded this class for any other one. Dr. Ren, you were an absolute treasure as a professor and brought so much energy, knowledge and enjoyment back into the classroom... thank you.”
-University of Texas student
You don’t know how happy I am that I found you on here, you have helped me sooooo much thank you seriously”
-TikTok user
“Excellent presentation!
It's a difficult topic, but approached with
professionalism,
honestly, and humility.”
-Equity presentation attendee
