S.A.P.H.A.L.
South Asian Parents/Caregivers Heal and Learn
SAPHAL (South Asian Parents/Caregivers: Heal And Learn; transl: ‘success’) is a violence prevention program for parents & caregivers that focuses on building healthy relationships with our youth, our families & communities. SAPHAL was created by South Asians, for South Asians.
SAPHAL features five core modules which form the basic building blocks of healthy relationships: understanding the developing brain, emotion regulation, self-compassion, boundaries & praise and apology.
SAPHAL also offers two special modules on teen dating violence and sex education. You can learn the essence of each module through our parenting podcast Koshish, which offers an episode for each module. We also offer interactive learning workshops throughout the year for deeper learning.
To learn more in detail about these modules, please check our FREE educational videos section & download our healthy relationships practice workbook!
Please follow the calendar on this page to see upcoming events and workshops (under development). Each module is introduced as a parenting skill that can be learned and taught through evidence-based practices, in a manner that bears South Asian parenting and caregiving contexts in mind. Backed by evidence-based practices and developed with a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has extensive experience working with the South Asian community, the program centers the idea of accountability with compassion.
FREE Healthy Relationships Workbook Coming soon
free workbook
Learn more about & practice healthy relationships skills with SAPHAL's 5-part workbook. Download coming soon!
Listen to Koshish
Tune into Koshish (transl: effort) to listen to a podcast on healthy parenting in the South Asian community.
Training Materials Coming soon
Training materials
If you are an advocate or just an active community member and are interested in taking SAPHAL workshops back to your community, you may download our workshop facilitation materials. Download coming soon!
SAPHAL Calendar
Creators & Contributors
SAPHAL Program Facilitator & Co-creator
Sangita Biswas
Sangita Biswas is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, providing counselling services in the Bay Area for over a decade. As the founder of Lotus Family Therapy, she has a deep-rooted commitment to serving the South Asian community. She specializes in providing direct-counselling services and facilitating psycho-educational workshops. Her approach is grounded in understanding and honoring the cultural nuances that shape her clients' lives, allowing her to offer support and guidance through a uniquely tailored lens. She has created multiple wellness workshops bearing South Asian cultures in mind.
Sangita co-developed SAPHAL's curriculum and she also facilitates SAPHAL's workshops. Sangita also shares her insights on healthy parenting and families on SAPHAL's parenting podcast Koshish.
SAPHAL Program Facilitator & Co-creator
Mullai Sampath
Mullai Sampath is Narika’s in-house prevention specialist. With an undergraduate background in Psychology, Sociology and Education, she will be pursuing an MS in Counselling Psychology (specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy) starting Fall 2024. She is keenly interested in South Asian family & relationship dynamics, gender-based violence prevention and mental health promotion. She is also a trained Domestic Violence & Sexual Violence Advocate.
Mullai co-developed SAPHAL’s curriculum and co-facilitates SAPHAL workshops. She is featured on SAPHAL’s healthy parenting podcast ‘Koshish’.
