Chinese-American Sunshine HouseEstablished in 2011, Chinese American Sunshine House(CSH) is a non-profit organization that provides a culturally-sensitive environment for the Brooklyn Chinese community by empowering those battling with mental illness through their personal recovery and educating the community about mental health. Its mission is to provide an environment which promotes education of mental illness to combat stigmas and to improve accessibility to available treatment.
The focus of the organization is placed on normalizing the emotional state of clients and families, while providing education through workshops and training, and linkages to additional resources within the borough of Brooklyn. We have 3 main programs, onsite workshops series, Alternative to Incarceration Programs(AIPs) & offsite workshops program. All classes are held in Mandarin Chinese only.
Our FREE on-site educational workshop program, which includes mental health workshops, parenting classes and ESL classes, is to help Chinese immigrant families to adjust and adapt to the new culture in the United States. Please Join our 8 Weekly Parenting Classes to increase your parenting knowledge and learn how to use effective communication skills to build a positive relationship with your children. CSH is currently signing up students for our Fall 2019: Parenting Workshop Series. First Day of Class begins October 23, 2019 every Wednesdays from 12:15-1:15 PM.
Stay tuned for our next series of 10 Weekly Mental Health Workshops & We Are New York Classes. These classes are for immigrants who want to improve their mental health education and well-being as well as increase their conversational English skills while learning about NYC services. First Day of Mental Health Workshops and We Speak New York Classes begin October 11, 2019 on Friday Mornings.
Our Alternative to Incarceration Programs(AIPs) includes Batterer Intervention Program(BIP), Anger Management Program(AMP) and Parenting Program. Please read our Q&A for more detail. Through our offsite workshops program, we provide group workshops at senior centers, public schools, and non-profit organizations. If you are interested in having one of our experienced mental health speakers to run a workshop at your facility, give us a call with a topic in mind. Please Call 917-969-7018 or e-mail Winnie Hu at winniehu@chinesesunshinehouse.org for more information and registration.
Upcoming Event!!
Post-Partum Depression Awareness and Prevention Seminar
This annual community event will be held on Saturday, October 26, 2019
Location: 6304 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11220 from 11-3 PM
Our Chairperson, Dr. Xu Z. Chen, along with two other mental health professionals will be educating our community about post-partum depression which is our second series of three to aware the community that Depression can occur in every age. They will help the participants learn about its diagnosis, prevention methods, risks, treatments and other useful information that the new moms or soon to be mothers would need to know to keep mentally healthy to support themselves and their families.
Past Event!
Child/Adolescent Depression Prevention Workshop
Saturday, October 27, 2018
If you would like to listen to the audio presentation click the play button below.
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- Please see our press conference in the Epoch Times newspaper
- Watch Us on NTDTV.