Talks & Gatherings

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Creating spaces for courageous conversation, reflection, and transformation

Dr. Chang is a sought-after speaker, trainer, and facilitator who helps audiences engage thoughtfully and constructively with some of today’s most pressing challenges in education, mental health, and organizational life. Blending rigorous research, decades of teaching and clinical experience, and a warm, engaging presentation style, she creates learning environments where participants feel both intellectually stimulated and psychologically safe—especially when discussing topics that are complex, emotionally charged, or socially sensitive.

Her talks and workshops are designed not only to inform but to equip participants with concrete frameworks, practical tools, and actionable strategies they can apply in their professional and institutional contexts. Audiences consistently report gaining greater clarity, confidence, and skill in navigating issues related to culture, identity, equity, and well-being.

Dr. Chang speaks on topics including:

  • Mindfulness and social justice

  • Anti-racist and culturally sustaining pedagogy

  • Taoist wisdom for balance, resilience, and purposeful living

  • Applying contemplative science to enhance equity and inclusion in classrooms, clinics, and organizations

  • Clinical experiences and training needs of therapists of color

  • Contemporary issues in Asian American mental health, including discrimination, resistance, and racial solidarity

  • Negotiating interracial dynamics in therapy and fostering anti-oppressive relationships

  • Book talk: Transforming Careers in Mental Health for BIPOC professionals

  • Working with racism, microaggressions, and internalized shame among BIPOC healthcare professionals

Dr. Chang offers keynote presentations, invited lectures and grand rounds, interactive workshops, and extended trainings, and works closely with organizations to tailor presentations to their specific goals and audiences.

Work with Dr Chang

Featured Engagements

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Watch

  • PowerPoint slide titled 'The View from the Other Side' about BIPOC and foreign-born therapists negotiating racial and cultural differences in therapy, featuring a photo of two women smiling and talking.

    Institute for Cultural Clinical Psychology: Speaker Series (2024)

    THE VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE: BIPOC AND FOREIGN-BORN THERAPISTS NEGOTIATING RACIAL AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN THERAPY

    Watch the Virtual Talk HERE

  • Promotional poster for a talk titled 'This Is The Way: Integrating Eastern Philosophy with Western Psychotherapy' featuring guest Dr. Doris Chang and host Peter Lin. The poster shows two black and white portraits of the speakers on a beige background.

    Tzu Chi Center for Compassionate Relief: CAFE 299 Compassion in Action, Freedom, Enlightenment (2024)

    INTEGRATING EASTERN PHILOSOPHY WITH WESTERN PSYCHOTHERAPY

    In conversation with Peter Lin, PhD. Watch the Program HERE

  • Conversations in Contemplative Psychotherapy Tricycle Magazine

    Tricycle Magazine & Nalanda Institute: Conversations in Contemplative Psychotherapy Series (2023)

    INTERPERSONAL & SOCIAL HEALING THROUGH WISE COMPASSION

    With Doris Chang, PhD, Rick Hanson, PhD, Sheryl Petty, EdD & Fiona Brandon, MFT. Watch the Program HERE

  • Title slide for a presentation on racial trauma within Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, with three protest photos at the top showing people holding signs advocating against anti-Asian racism, including messages like 'Time for Asians Not Fears,' 'Do You See Our Pain,' and 'Stop Asian Hate.'

    Community Technical Assistance Center of New York (2021)

    RACIAL TRAUMA WITHIN ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES: CONTEXTS AND EFFECTS OF ANTI-ASIAN RACISM

    Watch the Virtual Program HERE

  • Promotion graphic for a virtual event titled "Transformative Change: Where Research and Action in the World Meet" featuring Doris Chang, Reggie Hubbard, and musician Grant Jones, with portraits of the three speakers and a paisley background.

    Mind & Life Institute Inspiring Minds Series: Live Conversations offering Wisdom for our Time (2021)

    TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE: WHERE RESEARCH AND ACTION IN THE WORLD MEET.

    With Doris F. Chang, PhD, Reggie Hubbard, and Grant Jones. Watch the Virtual Program HERE

  • A woman giving a presentation at The New School, standing behind a podium, with an audience seated in front and a large screen displaying her title and credentials.

    The New School Minute: Flash Talks (2017)

    SKILLFUL ADAPTATION IN A CHAOTIC WORLD: WHAT TAOISM HAS TO OFFER

    Watch the Flash Talk HERE

  • " The needle has moved a bit today. The world has healed a teeny bit more. Thank you all for candor, insights and wisdom. Amazing! I’m so grateful! "

    Participant, Psychotherapy Networker Symposium

  • " The session with Dr. Chang was amazing. It was comforting to hear that I wasn’t alone in this. I do think we all found it useful. We had lots of participation from all levels. "

    Participant, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

  • " Thanks again for agreeing to work with us to amplify the voices of our API Community Dr. Chang. As you know, the feedback from our affinity group members, and the broader firm community, has been tremendously positive. "

    Rachel Simmonds-Watson, Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
    Shulte Roth & Zabel LLP

  • " I really enjoyed and appreciated what Dr. Chang shared and found the breakout discussions engaging and enlightening. Thank you! "

    Participant, Mind & Life Institute Summer Research Institute Connect Program

  • " The Fireside chat was excellent. The discussion was genuine and informative, very proud that our ERG was able to deliver this quality experience to Experian employees. Doris, thank you again for your participation in this forum. "

    Jimmy Cheung, SVP of Technology & Engineering
    Experian Consumer Services, NA