Gary Quan

Gary Quan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 17 years of experience working to support a variety of couples, families, and groups across cultural and socioeconomic spectra in private practice, community mental health, Intensive Outpatient settings, acute psychiatric hospitals, and correctional settings.  Gary also serves as Adjunct Faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, University of San Francisco, and Western Seminary.  Gary is happy to introduce ‘Asian American Chronicles – Tales of Mental Health and Hope’ with the hope of encouraging providers and beneficiaries of mental health with another path towards wellness, recovery, and purpose.

Gary advocates for more attention to mental wellness in the AAPI community in religious and secular settings.  Gary and his wife have been married for ten years and dote on their 16 nieces, nephews, and godchildren.  Gary personally hopes to make it to every NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL stadium for his Bucket List and is 70% of the way there.

• Asian American mental health
• Substance use/abuse assessment and treatment
• Grief and loss
• Transitions
• Failure to launch

• Western Theological Seminary, MA in Marital and Family Therapy, 2008 (Certificate in Addiction Studies)
• California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, BS in Business Administration, 1998 (Concentration: Management Information Systems / Minor: Psychology)

• Individual Telehealth / Clinical Supervisor – Octave Behavioral Health / Daybreak Health
• Marriage and Family Therapist – Christian Counseling Center (Sunnyvale / Los Altos)
• Santa Clara County Trainer – The Learning Partnership
• Speaker / Advocate for Asian-American mental health awareness and education
• Core Faculty - California Institute of Integral Studies

• First-time author of ‘Asian American Chronicles: Tales of Mental Health and Hope’