Healing the Whole Family

 

(HTWF) is a graphic novel about intergenerational trauma and mental health in an AAPI family. It is a Yale Compassionate Home, Action Together (CHATogether) graphic novel and a collaboration with Nealie Ngo, Dr. Eunice Yuen, MD PhD a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Yale School of Medicine and creator of Yale CHATogether, and Grace Chiang, author of the New York Times biographical article of the same name. 

 

The graphic novel describes Grace's struggle with her mental health in the context of her family which, in the beginning, does not acknowledge mental illness. The story follows Grace as she struggles to understand her family's dynamics and her revelations as she discovers how intergenerational trauma within her family plays a large role.

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Chapters will be uploaded weekly to its website (recommended for the best reading experience), Facebook/Meta, & Instagram. We plan to upload the entire graphic novel by the end of this year on all 3 platforms. We highly encourage reactions, comments, & DMs to the story, and please reach out at any time for further comments, suggestions, and even reflections! We want to know what you’re thinking as you follow along with the story! Please also SHARE this story with as many people you can—we want this graphic novel to be accessible to as many people as possible!