HANA’s Community Wellness program is dedicated to helping immigrant community members and families find the support they need to achieve their personal goals as we strive to achieve a world that is healthy, safe, and free from violence for all people. Our counseling staff is bilingual and bicultural, and consists of credentialed therapists and clinical MSW-level interns. Counseling services are available in Korean, Spanish, and English. Core services include:

Crisis Intervention

  • Individual counseling

  • Case management

  • Referrals to wrap-around support services

  • Long-term support extending beyond the initial 12-week crisis counseling services

Individual Counseling

  • Abuse (sexual, physical, emotional, and verbal)

  • Acculturation issues

  • Anxiety and stress

  • Death, grief, and loss

  • Depression and anger management

  • Family/relational conflict

  • Intergenerational conflict

  • Lack of confidence and low self-esteem

  • Trauma

  • Support for specific personality disorders

Domestic Violence Counseling & advocacy

  • Family violence and partner abuse/power and control

  • Stress management

  • Developing coping skills to recover from abuse

  • Improving self-esteem and self care

  • Learning positive and assertive communication skills

  • Gaining personal empowerment to overcome issues of anger and aggression arising from an abusive relationship

  • Orders of protection and referral to legal services

  • Financial planning and referral to resources

  • Domestic violence support group for survivors


For more information about any of the services listed above, please contact

Stephanie Palacios (English/Spanish) : 872-302-4874 | spalacios@hanacenter.org

All conversations with HANA Center’s counselors are strictly confidential.