Christopher Lum

Christopher Lum is an LCSW who brings fifteen years of clinical social work experience to work with people facing addiction, grief, depression, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions. He trained in AAPI Studies and psychology and has drawn on those roots to support individuals navigating cultural expectations, identity, and belonging. His background includes work with veterans, psychiatric inpatient care, and roles as a medical social worker at both the VA and Kaiser.

Raised between cultures, he understands the tensions that come with balancing family traditions and peer pressures. That upbringing informed volunteer work on community health initiatives, research into AAPI depression and perfectionism, and teaching CBT-based skills to veterans with dual diagnoses. Recent clinical focus has included geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, caregiving challenges, and placement decisions.

He integrates mindfulness, loving-kindness practices, self-compassion, cognitive behavioral approaches, acceptance and commitment ideas, and cultural humility into his work. His lived experience with addiction, depression, social anxiety, speech therapy in childhood, and cultural expectations informs a collaborative, culturally attuned practice aimed at helping people explore identity, generational differences, and healing.