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The Center Gallery: Our Stories
Welcome to The Center Gallery: Our Stories, a new space where we continue talking about mental health － open to everyone, everywhere.
Our physical mental health exhibit, Through My Eyes (March 2026), helped make invisible pain visible — through artwork, personal stories, and community reflections that showed how many of us carry grief, anxiety, loneliness, pressure, and cultural expectations silently.
Alongside the exhibit, community workshops helped participants recognize and understand their emotions, and see how emotional pain connects to their overall health.
But the work doesn’t end when an exhibit closes.
The Next Phase: The Center Gallery
The Center Gallery: Our Stories carries this advocacy forward online — a space for stories, learning, and mental health education, open to everyone, anytime.
The Center can now reach even more people than a physical exhibit ever could — helping our community better understand their emotions, care for themselves and their loved ones, and feel encouraged to seek support early.
It began with art. Now, it grows into education, dialogue, and action — beyond one exhibit, beyond one moment, and into everyday life.
This Is The Center
A quick look at who we are, and the advocacy we carry forward.
Explore our stories…
Click each artwork to read the story behind it.
Every piece carries a story — an emotion, a struggle, a memory, or a moment of healing. These anonymous works remind us: mental health is deeply human, and none of us carry it alone.
Mental Health is Health.
It’s often invisible — but it’s just as important as physical health.
Every piece carries a story — an emotion, a struggle, a memory, or a moment of healing. These anonymous works remind us: mental health is deeply human, and none of us carry it alone.
Mental Health is Health.
It’s often invisible — but it’s just as important as physical health.
In Defense of Wonder
Age 37, Male
Self (exhale)
Age 17, Female
This Is Where I Hide My Tears
Age 41, Female
Fei Fei 非非
Female
Let Dust and Smoke Fade Away, Embracing Tranquil Ease
Age 60, Female
Lost
Age 18, Female
Delicate Hold
Age 18, Female
Dysfunctional Sharpener
Age 27, Female
One Year《周岁》Age 38, Male
Dear Grief
Age 37, Female
What We Learned
In March 2026, we brought together 50 pieces of artwork and 18 bilingual mental health workshops, led by 8 counselors and special guests — and what we saw confirmed something important: our work matters.
Over 600 visitors joined us, and shared their thoughts:
Over 600 visitors joined us, and shared their thoughts:
70%were attending their first mental health-related event
96.7%said it helped them better understand mental health and emotional wellbeing
94.7%said they’d likely seek counseling or support — for themselves or a loved one — if needed
97.6%said they would be likely to seek counseling or mental health resources for themselves or someone they care about if needed
This is why we’re continuing the work through The Center Gallery: Our Stories.
Sharing knowledge about counseling and mental health, and reaching more people, is essential to delivering our mission.
“If you’re reading this, I want you to know…”
During the exhibit, visitors were invited to leave messages for others to find.
The messages they left were heartfelt, funny, vulnerable, and deeply human — a reminder that mental health is health, that seeking support is normal, and that none of us carry it alone.
The messages they left were heartfelt, funny, vulnerable, and deeply human — a reminder that mental health is health, that seeking support is normal, and that none of us carry it alone.
Opening Doors to Learning about Mental Health
Art can open the door to conversation.
Education helps us go deeper.
As part of our ongoing mental health advocacy, this section offers simple, accessible information to help our community better understand emotions, stress, counseling, and the different types of mental health support available in Taiwan.
Understanding Licensed Mental Health Professionals in Taiwan:
What’s the Difference?
In Taiwan, psychotherapy is provided by licensed professionals under the Psychologists Act (心理師法). This national law ensures that psychologists are properly trained, qualified, and regulated to provide safe and ethical mental health care.
Understanding the different roles can help you choose the right support for your needs.
Counseling Psychologist
諮商心理師
A licensed mental health professional who provides psychotherapy for life-related stress and concerns, including meaning searching, relationships, life transitions, and emotional disturbance.
They offer holistic therapy, focus on increasing self-understanding, and facilitate personal growth, as well as emotional wellbeing.
Counseling psychologists in Taiwan work with individuals experiencing psychological distress, however clients with severe mental illness or active psychosis are typically referred for psychiatric treatment.
Does NOT prescribe medication
Clinical Psychologist
臨床心理師
A licensed mental health professional trained in conducting comprehensive psychological assessments and providing psychotherapy for a wide range of mental health conditions. Their work often includes assessment and treatment planning for individuals experiencing significant emotional, behavioral, or cognitive difficulties, including severe mental health disorders.
Clinical psychologists in Taiwan may work with clients presenting with more complex or severe psychological conditions, including psychosis, neurocognitive disorders, and other major psychiatric concerns, often in collaboration with psychiatrists or medical teams.
Does NOT prescribe medication
Psychiatrist
精神科醫師
A medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing mental illness and prescribing medication.
Their work often focuses on medication management, though some psychiatrists also provide psychotherapy.
Can prescribe medicine
Supportive Well-Being Services
How They Complement Licensed Counseling
In addition to licensed mental health services, there are supportive wellbeing resources that focus on personal growth, stress management, and overall balance. These services complement licensed counseling when appropriate, but they do not replace psychotherapy or medical treatment.
Life and career coaches focus on goal-setting, clarity, and forward movement. They help clients identify strengths, define career or life direction, improve productivity, and create structured action plans.
Coaches do not diagnose or treat mental health conditions, and in Taiwan coaching is not a regulated licensed mental health profession. Coaching can be helpful for motivation and strategic planning, while licensed psychologists provide psychotherapy for emotional distress, trauma, anxiety, depression, and deeper psychological concerns.
Guided practices designed to promote relaxation, improve focus, and strengthen emotional regulation.
Meditation helps calm the nervous system and enhance overall mental clarity.
Meditation coaching integrates mindfulness practices, guided meditation, and coaching dialogue into a personalized process of self-inquiry and growth.
Through cultivating moment-to-moment awareness of thoughts, emotions, and inner responses, individuals learn how to relate to their experience with greater clarity, steadiness, and self-trust. This embodied, presence-based approach supports sustainable well-being, creativity, and aligned living.
Examples of creative expression include painting, journaling, and writing.
It involves using and writing as tools for emotional expression and self-exploration.
These practices support personal growth and self-awareness and can serve as a helpful complement to psychotherapy.
Combines physical movement and breathing techniques to support mind–body balance.
Yoga can reduce stress, improve flexibility, and promote overall wellbeing.
Understanding the Invisible: Mental Health Explained
What can science, psychology, and experts teach us about mental health?
Watch a Family’s Story
A real family shares their experience with counseling — and how seeking support made a difference.
Join Us in Normalizing Mental Health Support
Seeking mental health support is normal. Seeking counseling support is normal.
Seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness.
You don’t have to face emotional struggles alone. Whether you’re navigating stress, grief, identity, relationships, family challenges, cultural adjustment, anxiety, depression, or life transitions, counseling offers a safe, professional space to process your thoughts and emotions.
The Center provides bilingual counseling services for individuals, couples, families, children, and teens.
Coming Next: Learn Mental Health, Practice Wellbeing
Reels, online workshops, and practical tools to help our community understand mental health, reduce stigma, and seek support earlier.
As this advocacy continues, we will expand our reach through online and digital platforms, guided by our 3R vision: Reach Far, Reach Wide, and Reach Impact.
Special thanks to the Ministry of Health and Welfare for supporting The Center’s mental health advocacy journey.