Inaugural Message of ASA Mental Health Review By June Wang | Founder of ASA
As we prepared this inaugural issue, many people asked: "What kind of journal does ASA want to build?" My answer is simple: a journal with warmth, evidence, and resonance.
Our inaugural theme is: "The Beginning of Healing: To See — to See Yourself, and to See Others." In a world driven by speed and noise, we often lose touch with our inner world. To see ourselves is courage; to see others is empathy.
Healing is not a single technique. It is a practice of seeing — seeing our own emotions, body, and needs, and seeing the pain, strength, and possibility in others.
ASA Mental Health Review will continue to integrate perspectives from psychology, medicine, healing arts, and cross-cultural practice, so that research, clinical insights, education, and lived experience can meet on one shared platform.
We invite you to join this writing and reflection, whether you are a scholar, practitioner, healer, or simply someone learning to be with yourself.
Every moment of being seen marks the beginning of healing. Healing begins with seeing, and seeing begins with understanding and gentleness.