Ming Chang takes us through
The Farewell (2019), a film by Lulu Wang.

Meeting the unexpected is one of the most vulnerable and unexceptional human experiences. And yet it could contain within it the possibility of becoming truly alive. The Farewell shows us this. The movie portrays a big large Chinese family navigating life’s surprises.

The film expresses many of the issues and concerns that show up for clients as Asian Americans in therapy. The storyline discloses three essential questions that often emerge in an existentially oriented psychotherapy: What is the point of living? What does one do at the edge of the familiar? How can I be truly free?

Respondents:
Sherry Ranjbar, LMHC - outpatient clinician, Eliot Community Human Services, Lynn, MA.
and Lynn O’Neal, LMHC - co-founder and counselor, Mobile Mental Health Program, Greater Lynn Senior Services,

NEW LOCATION! (Yes, we are in-person again!! Refreshments will be served.)
We are now hosted by
Boston College, Lynch School of Education
Campion Hall, Room 139
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