About Us
Rooted in Community. Grounded in Healing
Mango Tree Counseling & Consulting was founded during the COVID-19 pandemic by local community organizers, educators, and psychotherapists who recognized the growing mental health needs within AANHPI and intersectional communities.
In the midst of collective grief, isolation, racial violence, burnout, and uncertainty, Mango Tree emerged as a response to both crisis and possibility — a belief that mental health care could be more culturally responsive, community-centered, relational, and healing-oriented.
Our work was nationally recognized when Mango Tree was named one of the grand prize winners of the Rise Up Pitch Competition, affirming our commitment to building accessible and affirming mental health care rooted in community care and social impact.
Today, Mango Tree continues to grow as a mental health resource center serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey through psychotherapy, education, training, consultation, and community programming.
Our mission
To positively impact the mental wellness of Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander's (AANHPIs) and their communities through culturally responsive mental health care, intersectional education, community connection, and affinity-based mentorship.
Our Clinical Philosophy
Our therapeutic approach is healing-centered, relational, and culturally responsive.
We believe mental health does not exist in isolation from:
- identity
- family systems
- culture
- race
- sexuality
- migration
- gender
- community
- systemic oppression
Our work integrates:
- third-wave behavioral psychotherapies
- relational and modern psychoanalytic perspectives
- cognitive behavioral therapies
- mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches
- trauma-informed care
- identity-conscious and intersectional frameworks
We strive to support people in developing greater alignment between their values, emotional lives, relationships, and communities.
Our Vision
Transforming mental health care so everyone in the diaspora feels a sense of home and connection in their minds, bodies, and neighborhoods.
Values
Belonging
We strive to foster a sense of belonging to those who have felt othered, overlooked, invisible, and discarded.
Community
As a collective, we believe in the transformative power of community and seek to create and enhance the strength of the communities we belong to and care for.
Honor
We honor who you are, where you come from, where you are now, and who you hope to be. We honor the courage it takes to seek help and to turn towards your vulnerability in finding alignment.
Access
We believe mental health care should be accessible and equitable. We are committed to addressing barriers that stand in the way of healing and connection.
About Us
Mango Tree Counseling & Consulting is a mental health resource center that centers it's efforts on the needs of the Asian/Asian-American Community in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We provide healing-centered approaches towards mental health wellness and support to our communities in finding a home in their bodies, minds, and communities.
Why We Exist
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities continue to experience significant disparities in mental health access and treatment.
Many individuals face:
- stigma around mental health care
- limited culturally responsive services
- language and cultural barriers
- intergenerational trauma
- racism and discrimination
- underrepresentation within the behavioral health workforce
Mango Tree was created in response to these realities.
As a Philadelphia-rooted, Asian American and queer-informed organization, we are committed to addressing health equity gaps while creating spaces where people can feel seen, understood, and connected.
Our work focuses not only on symptom reduction, but also on:
- identity restoration
- healing from shame and invisibility
- reconnecting to culture and community
- navigating intergenerational experiences
- building emotional resilience
- creating meaningful and values-aligned lives
Counseling
Mango Tree provides:
- individual psychotherapy
- couples therapy
- family therapy
- group psychotherapy
- workshops and psychoeducation
- graduate and professional training
- community wellness programming
Our goal is to create spaces where people can:
- process pain and trauma
- build emotional literacy
- deepen relationships
- reconnect to identity
- strengthen community
- cultivate resilience and meaning
We are committed to being present not only in therapy rooms, but also within the communities we serve.
Services
Our approach to counseling and psychotherapy is grounded in love, honor, and respect. We are committed to co-creating opportunities for folx to work through pain, frustration, anger, and hope in navigating what it means to be Asian/Asian-American, and navigating varying intersections of identity. The goal of our work is to enhance mental wellness, foster a sense of belonging, and to cultivate the resilience of our community.
Who We Mean When We Say AANHPI
We recognize the diversity and complexity of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander identities and experiences, including:
- West Asian
- East Asian
- South Asian
- Southeast Asian
- Central Asian
- Native Hawaiian
- Pacific Islander
- Mixed-race and multiracial AANHPI communities
We understand there is no singular AANHPI experience, and we seek to honor the nuances, histories, and intersections within our communities.
- West Asian
- East Asian
- South Asian
- South East Asian
- Central Asian
- Native Hawaiian
- Pacific Islander
- Mixed Race/Multi-Racial AAPI
Statement on Intersectionality
Mango Tree Counseling & Consulting believes in the transformative power of relationships, bridge-building, and collective healing.
While our organization centers the experiences and mental health needs of AANHPI communities, we are also deeply committed to serving broader intersectional communities, including:
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities
- LGBTQIA+ communities
- immigrant and diaspora communities
- individuals navigating multiple marginalized identities
Our team is composed of clinicians and professionals from diverse backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences.
We believe culturally responsive care requires humility, accountability, curiosity, and a willingness to understand the complexity of people’s stories.