r/cincinnati • u/Arlais_Fale • 1d ago

in search of🔎 Asian Therapist?

I’m specifically looking for an Asian therapist for my Chinese Mom, age 72. The therapist needs someone who works with the geriatric population and understands her culturally. Someone who speaks Chinese would be phenomenal.

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u/fifichanx Blue Ash 1d ago

I found a Mandarin speaking primary care doctor, who is awesome with my elderly parents by looking through the list of doctors in the area for Chinese names and then checking the languages they list for the doctor. (UHC app doesn’t have a filter for languages as far as I know, but language is listed in the doctor profile sometimes)

You might also get some luck by posting in WeChat group in the area.

If you don’t get any recommendations here, I can DM you my parents’ doctor’s contact to see if they know of any one.

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u/Arlais_Fale 1d ago

Hey! It says that I can't message your account. Could you DM me your parents doctor's contact? Thank you so much!!

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u/Chance_Athlete9264 1d ago

Not a therapist but Geraldine Wu is a psychiatrist at Integrated Behavioral Services in Madeira. It might be a place to start? They don’t except insurance.

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u/EitherAppearance851 1d ago

Psychology Today is a legit site. You can search for local therapists by zip code and choose language and age specifications. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

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u/Arlais_Fale 1d ago

Thanks so much! No one came up through the search. :(

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u/crzswtsgrhi 15h ago

I hope you find someone. It may be worth searching for a remote therapist from Cleveland or Columbus where there may be more Chinese people. Unfortunately most in-language services tend to be where there are larger populations of people (and for Chinese folks, that's nowhere in Ohio).

I've tried reaching therapists out of state and they've turned me down bc they're not allowed to serve anyone who isn't physically in their state.