You send money home. You smile on video calls. You tell your family “okay naman ako dito.” And then you close the laptop, sit in your apartment alone, and feel a heaviness that doesn’t have a name in English. If you’re a Filipino living and…
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There are over 408,000 Filipino-born residents in Australia. Finding a Filipino therapist there? That’s a different story entirely. If you’ve searched for a Tagalog-speaking psychologist in Melbourne, Sydney, or Brisbane, you already know the answer. There aren’t many. The ones who do exist have waitlists…
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You’ve typed “Filipino therapist near me” into Google more than once. Here’s the problem with that search. There are roughly 10.2 million Filipinos living outside the Philippines. The number of Tagalog-speaking psychologists practicing in the US, Australia, Canada, the UK, or Singapore? In most cities,…
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🎯Key Takeaways Filipinos abroad can see a licensed Filipino psychiatrist by video call for far less. Psychiatrist consultations in the Philippines generally cost P1,500 to P5,000. A Philippine prescription is usually not valid abroad, so bring the assessment to your local doctor. See a psychiatrist…
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You know that feeling when you can’t find the right English word for what you’re going through? Maybe it’s “lungkot” but heavier. Maybe it’s the weight of “hiya” that your therapist keeps calling “shame,” but it’s not exactly shame. It’s more layered than that, more…
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