Neesa Sunar is a licensed therapist and mental health advocate from Queens, NYC. She writes and speaks publicly about stigma fighting, sharing her personal experiences playing music on viola.
Community Care and Transformative Mental Health (quote from me)
I'm quoted in this article, speaking on the importance of community in encouraging mental wellness.
A musician with sensory overload shows there are ways to adapt
A description of my sensory overload reaction to loud sound, and how I've learned to cope with it as a classical musician.
Podcast Appearance on PsychReg: Healing from Trauma
Neesa Sunar started out as a peer support worker before progressing as a social worker.
Heroic Artist Battles the Stigma of Mental Illness
Interview with Issa Ibrahim, mental health advocate and artist extraordinaire.
Appearance on the Soapy Rao Show
Podcast appearance with The Soapy Rao Show, based in India. I talk about my personal mental health journey, touching on meditation under a guru, and my reentry into classical music performing on viola after a 13-14 year hiatus due to disability.
How to Creatively Express Yourself Through Intuitive Writing
Tips for utilizing the intuition in developing the skill of writing.
The Lost Art of Letter Writing: Is It Gone Forever?
A retelling of how letter-writing has enhanced my quality of life in childhood, and suggestions on how to revive this habit in the 21st century.
Reflections on ‘Peerness’, Social Work and Supported Housing
Lessons I learned during my social work internship, about peer values, potential stigmas in the profession, and the broken supported housing system.
I Have No Mind’s Eye: Let Me Try To Describe It For You
A description of Aphantasia, a condition I have that renders me with a "blind mind's eye." Beyond the Aphantasia experience also, I also cannot dream in pictures, but rather in darkness with mostly inaudible words, ideas and story narratives.
Accepting & Cultivating Autistic Talent – Insights From a Writer With Autism
An article on the need for accepting and integrating autistic folks into the workforce.
Does the NASW Code of Ethics Prohibit Peer Work?
An analysis of the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics regulations on dual relationships. Indications for self-disclosure and problematic consequences for peers entering the social work workforce.
Healing With the Power of Art
A personal recollection of art therapy and its effect on me, followed by a description of the holistic modality of art therapy.
New York’s Listening Ear Is Here
Article about me in Spork!, a disability awareness publication based in Paris, France.
"Memories of Psychosis" Review
Serotonin Poetry gives my mental health poetry book a positive review!
When Mental Illness Bears Down, Respite Centres Can Uplift
Benefits of crisis respite centers, in mitigating mental health crises.