The Provider
You carry the weight for everyone — family, work, community. You're the one people lean on, but nobody asks how you're doing. You've never had a space that was just for you.
South Asian Men's Mental Health Advocacy
Conquer Your Mind. Find Your Brotherhood.
For South Asian men navigating mental health without a roadmap. TherapaJi builds the community, conversations, and culture-first tools you wish existed growing up.
Running workshops teaching kids emotional vocabulary in Punjabi
English
Punjabi
Hindi
Urdu
Pomwell Podcast: Live Episodes
Punjabi 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise
@TherapaJi on TikTok
Kids Workshops: Emotions in Punjabi
Pomwell Podcast: Live Episodes
Punjabi 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise
@TherapaJi on TikTok
Kids Workshops: Emotions in Punjabi
0
%
of Asian adults with mental health challenges actually get treatment
#1 cause of death
Suicide for AANHPI youth ages 10-24 — the only racial group
6-month waitlist
At the only Punjabi-Sikh mental health center in the US
The systems weren't built for us. So we're building our own.
Sources: SAMHSA, CDC, Pew Research
Who This Is For
You Already Know If This Is You
The First-Gen Son
You grew up translating for your parents and code-switching at school. You built a life between two worlds, but some days you don't fully belong to either one.
The Silent Struggler
You're not in crisis — you're just tired. Tired of performing strength. Tired of "I'm fine." Tired of carrying something you can't name and don't know how to put down.
You don't have to explain yourself here. Your story makes sense.
Meet the Founder
I'm Amar Banga.
Founder, TherapaJi · South Asian Mental Health Advocate
I grew up code-switching between a Punjabi Sikh household and American schools — figuring out which version of myself was allowed where. Dollar store runs with my dad. Explaining my turban to classmates. Keeping it together because that's what you do.
Years later, an ADHD diagnosis explained a lot. My wife is a therapist, and even with that access — I still struggled to find the words in my own language.
I focus on South Asian men's mental health because that's where the silence is loudest — and because when men start talking, entire families heal.
I get it — not because I studied it, because I lived it.
Without the extra explaining.
Read My Full StoryHow It Works
Three Ways to Plug In
Pick the path that fits you. All roads lead to better mental health infrastructure.
Join the Network
Connect with South Asian therapists, creators, and community leaders building mental health infrastructure.
Join Now →Come on the Podcast
Share your story. Real conversations about culture, identity, and mental health.
Apply →Get the Toolkit
First access to the Punjabi Sikh Mental Health Toolkit — scripts, reframes, and vocabulary guides.
Join Waitlist →In the Wild
This Is Already Happening
Workshops, reels, podcast episodes, breathing exercises — the work is live.
Breathing Exercise
Punjabi 4-7-8 Breathing
A guided breathing exercise in Punjabi. Calm your nervous system in 60 seconds.
Podcast
Pomwell Podcast: Episode 1
Culture-first conversations about mental health, identity, and what it means to show up.
Workshop
Man Jeetai Jag Jeet Workshop
Teaching kids emotional vocabulary in Punjabi — naming what they feel in their own language.
"Your story makes sense here."
What People Say
In Their Words
Finally found a therapist who understands the pressure of being first-gen without making me over-explain everything. Huge relief.
The space feels calm and grounded. I never thought I would look forward to therapy sessions.
Being able to switch between English and Punjabi mid-sentence without feeling weird is everything.
Join the Circle
You Don't Have to Build Alone
This movement grows through real people showing up. Here's what that looks like.
Share Your Story
Your experience matters. Share it through podcast episodes, community posts, and conversations that reach people who need to hear it.
Find Your People
Connect with South Asian therapists, advocates, creators, and men who are done pretending everything is fine. Real relationships, not networking.
Change the Conversation
Help build the resources our communities never had — toolkits, scripts, and frameworks that make mental health feel accessible, not foreign.
Get There First
Early access to every tool, assessment, and resource TherapaJi builds. You're not just a member — you're a co-builder.
The Ecosystem
How Everything Connects
TherapaJi is the trust layer. Everything flows from relationships.
TherapaJi
Trust & Advocacy
CommunityPodcast + Dialogue
Stories & Insight
ContentPomwell
Product & Tools
ProductJoin the Movement
Pick your path. One form. Takes 30 seconds.
Questions? We've Got You.
The stuff people actually want to know.
TherapaJi is a South Asian mental health advocacy platform founded by Amar Banga. We build community networks, host podcast conversations, and develop culture-first mental health toolkits — starting with the Punjabi Sikh community. Think of it as the trust layer that connects people, surfaces real stories, and turns cultural insight into practical tools through Pomwell.
No. TherapaJi is an advocacy and community platform — not a therapy practice and not a clinical service. We do not provide therapy, diagnoses, or treatment. We connect communities, create conversations, and build resources that help South Asians navigate mental health on their own terms.
TherapaJi is for South Asian communities navigating mental health stigma, first-gen Americans dealing with cultural identity and family pressure, and anyone who has ever thought 'my therapist doesn't get my culture.' We also work with therapists, creators, and community leaders who want to build culturally relevant mental health resources.
The TherapaJi podcast features culture-first conversations about mental health, identity, and community. Real stories from South Asians — therapists, founders, creatives, and everyday people — about what it actually looks like to navigate mental health when your family, culture, and community are part of the equation.
The toolkit is the first culture-specific mental health resource built for the Punjabi Sikh community. It includes family conversation scripts, cultural reframes, vocabulary guides, and practical tools — all developed with input from community members, therapists, and lived experience. Join the waitlist to get early access.
TherapaJi builds trust and gathers cultural insight through relationships and conversations. Pomwell takes those insights and turns them into digital wellness tools. TherapaJi is the advocacy layer. Pomwell is the product layer. Network members get early access and help shape what gets built.
South Asian men face unique stigma around mental health — the pressure to provide, to stay strong, to never show weakness. Men's mental health is the entry point, not the boundary. When men start talking, entire families heal. TherapaJi creates a space where South Asian men can show up without performing strength, and that ripples outward to the whole community.
Three ways: join the network to connect with South Asian therapists, creators, and community leaders. Apply for the podcast to share your story. Or sign up for the Punjabi Sikh Toolkit waitlist for early access. Pick your path in the form above — it takes 30 seconds.
Let's Build This Together
TherapaJi grows through real relationships. No pitch decks. No gatekeeping. Just reach out.
Email Amar