This empowering book blends history, storytelling, and culturally grounded techniques to equip readers with the tools needed to promote self-reflection, personal growth, and diasporic healing. Asian Americans represent the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, yet few books capture how historical events, immigration experiences, cultural values, and unhelpful generational patterns contribute to this group's
thoughts, attitudes, and actions in ways that impact relationships, well-being, and psychological health. In Patterns That Remain, Stacey Diane Arañez Litam empowers readers to heal from diasporic
wounds and become people, partners, and parents who embody abundance mentalities grounded in joy, balance, and gratitude. This unique book combines complex and nuanced facets of Asian American history, research, and therapeutic modalities in ways that validate Asian American worldviews and promote a deep sense of universality and community. Each chapter addresses culturally relevant topics among Asian Americans and children of Asian immigrants and is informed by academic research in addition to
author-conducted interviews with diverse Asian American community members and thought leaders. The book effortlessly blends history, storytelling, and culturally grounded perspectives to provide an
inspirational, validating, and practical framework toward healing. Informed by Litam's lived experiences as a Filipina and Chinese immigrant as well as by her professional identities as a professor, researcher, and mental health clinician, Patterns That Remain provides the foundation for timely conversations and centers the importance of healing, personal growth, and unlocking the power behind our stories.
Industry Reviews
"Dr. Stacey Litam's Patterns That Remain is a book filled with wisdom, cultural wealth, and insights on mental health that Asian American communities, as well as others, need at this racial moment. Eloquently employing personal vignettes and interviews with others, she shares how historical trauma and intergenerational patterns have impacted Asian American cultural scripts and scarcity mindsets. More significantly, she offers a message of hope and healing with
her evidence-based practices and vivid stories. I resonated deeply with this book, especially how it informs us about how both to treasure and redeem our family histories." -- Russell Jeung, Professor
of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University and Cofounder, Stop AAPI Hate
"In Patterns That Remain, readers interrogate their past to reconcile their present and future. Dr. Stacey Litam helps readers confront internalized ethnoracial oppression that stems from legacies of trauma and provides resources and reflections that allow us to excavate a re-embodied version of self through Asian American counterstory and mental health literacy. The remix of her personal experiences, expert testimonies, and large data set allows
readers to build trust quickly and makes her content on well-being stick. As a father of multiethnic Asian children, this resource helps me embody a decolonial parenting style, invites me to confront unresolved
trauma, and allows my kiddos to live out more liberated futures." -- Tony DelaRosa, author of Teaching the Invisible Race
"Dr. Litam is reflective, compassionate, and expert in her writing. She weaves her own experiences deftly into wider topics, connecting with the reader emotionally and intellectually. As the child of an Asian immigrant, this resonated on a deeply personal level. However, this book isn't just for 'us.' It's a comprehensive guide to a better understanding of your friends, neighbors, and community. Dr. Litam tackles difficult, often unspoken topics with care. She
reaches across the page to cradle and guide the reader. An impactful, important read that's part discovery, part affirmation." -- Chris Tanaka, Award-Winning News Anchor
"This book is long overdue, literally, as it has been much needed for many generations. The consequences of historical trauma on various communities are both widespread and deep as they impact all facets of our lives and insidiously shape how we think, feel, and act toward our loved ones. Dr. Litam brings into our consciousness the effects of historical traumas on ourselves and our families, and expertly provides some solutions for how we can break limiting and
oppressive cycles - intergenerationally. This book is a gift." -- E. J. R. David, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Director of Alaska Native Community Advancement in Psychology (ANCAP) Program,
University of Alaska Anchorage
"As a money coach, this book is one I would recommend for my clients challenged with re-writing the narratives that have been passed onto them from generation to generation that is stopping them from receiving the abundance that they didn't know existed. As a first generation Filipina American, this is the book I wish I had to encourage me to get to therapy sooner. As a woman, this book is the intellectual and emotional representation I craved that speaks to
both my mind and heart as I personally navigate my own mental health journey. I'm so glad this book exists in the world!" -- Bernadette Joy Cruz, CEO of CRUSH Your Money Goals