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Speaking Areas of Expertise

I offer engaging, culturally-informed presentations, trainings, workshops, and facilitated discussions tailored to your audience and event goals.

Offering virtual speaking services nationwide, and in-person speaking services in St. Louis, MO.

  • South Asian Mental Health & Cultural Identity

    • Bicultural identity | Mental health stigma | Immigrant and second-generation experiences | Culturally responsive approaches to care

  • Trauma & Self-Compassion

    • Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) | Self-compassion as a pathway to healing | Trauma-informed approaches across settings

  • Mental Wellness & Anxiety

    • Anxiety management | Self-care and resilience | Building sustainable mental wellness practices

  • Chronic Illness & Mental Health

    • Psychological impacts of chronic illness | Trauma-informed support for individuals living with chronic illness and chronic pain | Identity, grief, and adjustment

  • Clinical Education & Professional Development

    • Cultural competence, cultural sensitivity, and cultural humility in counseling | Advocacy for underserved communities and barriers to care | Working with immigrant and multicultural populations | Counselor education and supervision topics

  • Creativity & Expressive Approaches in Counseling

    • Expressive arts interventions | Creativity in clinical practice | Experiential learning

Speaking Formats

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General Educational Presentation

Topics can be adapted for conferences, professional trainings, community events, universities, schools, and organizations.

Topics may include:

  • Mental wellness, self-care, and self-compassion strategies

  • Understanding and reducing anxiety

  • Mental health challenges and support strategies for South Asian individuals

  • Navigating cultural identity, belonging, and bicultural experiences

  • Building awareness around mental health stigma and seeking support

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Clinician Training

Drawing from conference presentations, research experience, clinician trainings, and university teaching experiences with counselors-in-training, I provide educational sessions for mental health professionals and helping professionals.

Topics may include:

  • Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the role of self-compassion in healing

  • Challenges and barriers to mental health care among communities of color, immigrant populations, and second-generation individuals

  • Culturally responsive and advocacy-focused approaches to supporting clients

  • Trauma-informed strategies for supporting individuals with chronic illness

  • Integrating cultural humility and identity exploration into clinical practice

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Facilitating Discussion-Based Open Forums

I facilitate meaningful conversations that create space for reflection, connection, and community-building in teen and adult populations.

Experience highlights:

  • Trained facilitator and expert speaker for NAMI’s Chai & Chat discussion-based groups focused on bicultural identity, stigma, and accessing mental health support

    • Led Q&A-style expert sessions and community discussions across cities nationwide including St. Louis, Chicago, Greenville, Kaufman, Frisco, Tallahassee, and Seattle

  • Facilitated mental health discussions with high school students, young adults, adults, and older adults

  • Facilitated forums addressing mental health stigma, cultural identity, self-care, and community support

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Parent Conversations

I facilitate conversations with caregivers and families to destigmatize mental health care, provide psychoeducation, and disseminate resources.

Topics may include:

  • Understanding mental health signs and symptoms

  • How to support a child who is navigating mental health challenges

  • Culturally-responsive emotion regulation tools

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Interactive Activity-Based Workshop

Hands-on workshops designed to promote learning, reflection, and engagement through experiential activities. These can be adapted for schools and organizations.

Potential topics include:

  • Creativity and self-expression in mental wellness

  • Expressive arts approaches in counseling and personal growth

  • Immigrant and bicultural mental health

  • Broaching

  • Building self-awareness through experiential exercises

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Panelist

I bring clinical expertise and cultural insight to conversations surrounding mental health, identity, advocacy, and community care.

Experience highlights:

  • Provided expertise at an AAPI conference focused on supporting mental health among neurodivergent individuals

  • Participated in conversations related to culturally-sensitive mental health care and accessibility

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Book Club Facilitation

I facilitate engaging discussions that connect literature with mental health, identity, healing, and personal growth.

Book topics may include:

  • Mental health and self-help

  • Memoirs

  • Trauma-informed books

  • Culturally responsive and South Asian-focused books

Experience highlights:

  • Graduate school facilitation

  • University teaching facilitation

  • Small group discussion facilitation

Featured Speaking Engagements

  • Poster for the Sakhi NextGen community event featuring Aisha Khorana, a Ph.D. student, counselor, and mental health therapist. The poster includes a photo of a smiling woman with dark hair and text about the speaker's background and event details.
  • A conference flyer for the AAPI Mental Health Summit 2025, scheduled for September 13, 2025, from 9 AM to 2 PM at 210 Fee Fee Hills Dr., Hazelwood, MO. The flyer features photos and brief descriptions of five women speakers and moderators, including Aisha Khorana M.Ed, Aisha Sultan, Rina Chittooran, Kirti Mehrotra, Jieshu Ewing, and Ayusha Amarakone. The flyer includes information about their backgrounds and roles and provides details for summit updates and registration at www.aapimentalhealthstl.org, with social media tags for Instagram and Facebook.
  • Event flyer for the 2026 Chronic Illness Symposium hosted by the Center for Chronic Illness. Features a portrait of speaker Aisha Khorana, M.Ed., PLPC, on a background of green foliage.
  • Flyer for NAMI Tallahassee's Chai & Chat series on mental health within the South Asian community, featuring dates in April, speaker information, and event details with floral and coffee cup illustrations.

Testimonials

  • I truly appreciate Aisha creating such a great space for us all to feel so comfortable discussing some hard topics and leave feeling supported. Aisha was a phenomenal instructor who was always on top of her lesson rollout and very accommodating for us students. Would love to take any other class she is teaching.

    —Former Student

  • “Aisha’s presentation was very engaging. I loved it—thank you for sharing your expertise.”

    —Conference Presentation Attendee

  • "Aisha really made us feel included and open. This session was amazing."

    —Teen Session Participant

  • “I appreciated the supportive learning environment created... Aisha’s professionalism, encouragement, and willingness to engage with students made a meaningful difference in my learning experience.

    —Former Student

  • “Aisha was very welcoming and invited a great environment for classroom discussions. She also helped to provide thorough explanations when there were questions and was very knowledgeable about the material.”

    —Former Student

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