We provide psychotherapy and counseling to individuals, couples, and families using a range of therapeutic modalities—including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Narrative Therapy, and Expressive Arts. We have seen that these modalities resonate with immigrant and refugee communities because they are non-pathologizing, emphasizing a collective approach (an “internal family”) and honoring the wisdom of the body. 

In support groups, initially developed with Cambodian genocide survivors, participants share about their lives and are held in caring, empathetic group space. Today, alongside our elder survivors groups, we also have groups for youth, women, and the 1.5 generation - refugees and immigrants who arrived as young children or adolescents. Support groups provide care to systems impacted individuals and families along with people who have received dual diagnoses. Currently, we facilitate nine weekly or biweekly support groups, and continue to grow to meet community needs.

Through ongoing and short term wellness groups, we promote a holistic view of mental health services, uplift culture, and nurture the body, mind, and spirit through movement and art. Examples of recent wellness groups include elder self defense, yoga, zumba, and creative workshops, such as mandala making. 

Each month, we host a clinic in which psychiatrists work with CERI therapists to coordinate care, evaluations, and medication management for clients.

In CERI’s graduate level mental health internship program for social work and counseling students, interns from refugee and immigrant backgrounds receive clinical training and supervision as they gain hands-on experience providing trauma-informed care. Over 30 graduate students have completed our program.