Dr. Han Ren
Dr. Han Ren is a psychologist, author and mental health creator exploring identity, belonging and liberation, especially for Asian Americans and children of immigrants.
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BalanceOverview
- Based in
- Austin, Texas
- Work
- Psychologist, author, speaker and mental health creator
- Online beginnings
- Started making TikToks in October 2020
- Education
- Ph.D. in School Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
- Practice
- Co-leads Pivot Psychology Austin
Mini bio
Before the videos.
Han began her career teaching pre-K special education in a Title 1 school through Teach For America. She went on to earn her doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin and teach there as an adjunct professor. In 2020, she and fellow psychologist Annie Farmer founded Pivot Psychology Austin.
Finding her voice online.
She began making TikToks in October 2020, looking for a creative outlet during lockdown. She saw plenty of general mental health advice, but less discussion of the systems and identities that shape people’s lives. Drawing on her work with Asian Americans, children of immigrants and other people of color, she built an audience around culturally informed mental health and liberation psychology.
From short videos to a book.
Her public work expanded to the TEDxKoenigLane stage in 2022, where she explored shame, guilt and racial justice. In 2026 she published The Hyphenated Life, a guide to navigating intersecting identities. She told Mochi Magazine that her early aim online was to reach people who could not access therapy; she also found a community of fellow clinicians through her content.
Creditschronological, newest first
Talks and interviews
- 2026The Politics of Mental HealthGuest, Messy Liberation
- 2022Transforming Shame to Guilt in the Pursuit of Racial JusticeSpeaker, TEDxKoenigLane
Quotes
I belong to myself and we belong to each other.Dr. Han Ren, Unconditionally Worthy with Dr. Adia Gooden
An affirmation she described using while learning to ground her worth in herself rather than performance and achievement.
Trivia
- She moved to the United States at age five.
- Before TikTok, her lockdown creative outlets included paint by numbers and cross-stitch.
- Outside work, she enjoys exploring food scenes while traveling and dancing to live music.
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