Choeden Lama, MA

Choeden Lama will complete her M.A. in Clinical Counseling Psychology at Saint Michael’s College in July 2026 and is beginning her clinical career in mental health counseling with refugee and immigrant communities. Since 2020, she has served as a cultural broker within the Trauma Systems Therapy for Refugees (TST-R) program based in Vermont, supporting refugee and immigrant individuals, families, and communities through collaboration in individual therapy, group work, parent support and community-based services. She has also worked as a Nepali language interpreter in cross-cultural mental health settings since 2019.

Choeden has currently been serving as a clinical intern at Connecting Cultures, where she provides trauma-informed counseling to refugee and immigrant clients. As a Nepali immigrant and multilingual provider, her work is grounded in culturally responsive, community-informed and relationship-centered approaches to care. She is interested in the relational dynamics between clinicians, interpreters, and cultural brokers, and in promoting sustainable, trauma-informed support for providers working with displaced communities.