Patchwork Conversations

Welcome!

Imperfection. Vulnerability. Equanimity. These resonated with us at Patchwork Conversations.

Patchwork Conversations was a collective of Asian therapists in what we come to call Toronto, Canada. We were here to mold spaces that honoured what came up from uncommon conversations – conversations that shifted us towards liberation, towards freeing ourselves from the constraints that hold us back from being the compassionate, authentic and loving selves we already are and that are needed in a just future with space for all peoples.

As a society, we are on our way, but we are not there yet.

Where we were, we knew this: therapy is hard work – for the client and for the therapist. One of the hardest steps is to be confronted with, and to admit to, our imperfections. Before considering the choice of change – yes, there really is a choice – feeling vulnerable, raw and undone can be so lonesome. Yet more than ever, we are seeing people willing to go through this self‑actualizing journey. In the Asian Canadian community, we have seen this – a “reckoning,” as Cathy Park Hong calls it, or a “permission to come home,” as Jenny T. Wang names it.

At Patchwork Conversations, we saw imperfections and vulnerability as an opening – an entry point. While each of us has to individually put in the hard work of re‑narrating our harsh personal histories, we also dreamed of parts of this journey where folks could meet others going through something similar – a space tender enough for others to show us, in reflection of ourselves, the compassionate, authentic and loving selves we are.

Patchwork Conversations closed on June 30, 2026, and we are deeply grateful to everyone who was part of this community.