Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am honored to have the opportunity to meet you and explore areas of the heart, mind, and soul with you. I have fallen in love with studying “love” since a young age. It occurred to me that life gives us many paradoxes/contradictions such as: “Go through pain in order to heal”. Since my awareness opened up to the vast internal world of the human mind, I strive to find the answer. In the combination of my teaching career (online Professor – Psychology, health/human services/Philosophy) and psychotherapy, I was given the gift of a special journey in revealing the invisible components in life – especially our internal world.
I have personal and professional experience in diverse areas (gangs, addiction, violence, mood disorders, relationship dynamics, family connection, and many areas within the interpersonal/intrapersonal realm). In addition, I hold a special awareness for cultural sensitivity as well, and the assimilation process onto areas of adaptation and acculturation. I began viewing life with analytical, philosophical, and emotional perception at an early age as life became difficult since I could remember. When I had finally turned my life around and attended college, I was inspired by many individuals. From this, I earned a position with my previous professor as his T.A in stress management. From there, I moved onto graduate school after attaining my Psychology degree. During my Marriage and Family therapy program, I continued to teach. The last year of my studies I was honored to work as an intern at non-profit agency where I delivered therapeutic services to a vast array of different populations: Onsite therapist for a middle school and high school (pre-teens and teens). I also worked with couple’s, anger management, domestic violence, family/individual therapy at the main facility. I was then given the chance to work as an online professor at Ashford University after completing my Master’s degree, where I continued to do so until this day. After graduation I moved onto working with children with Autism Spectrum disorder (minority population) for over a year.
Finally, I traveled into the work on dual diagnosis/addiction, where I started as a part-time therapist and moved towards becoming the primary therapist, and then the clinical director for the whole facility. From my journey, I have been given the privilege to uphold a vast array of experiences, even to the extent of online gaming addiction. My main focus now lies in areas of emotional connection (relationships – family, couples’, and even with yourself), grief/loss, mood disorders, addiction, and education.
Updated: For the past 12 years or so, I worked in dual diagnosis treatment for addiction and mental health as a therapist. Then moved onto become the clinical director, and then Chief Operating Officer (COO). During this time, I’ve opened up about 6 companies thus far for owners. My mentor is the ex-chief of state (DHCS) and I’m also getting certifications for organizations as well. It has been an amazing journey and I look forward, again, to being able to be gifted with learning from your journey.
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Hai Nguyen is a California-based therapist with 15 years of clinical experience who combines psychotherapy and education to help people work through emotional, relational, and life challenges. Hai brings a long-standing interest in the study of love and human connection to his clinical work, drawing on both analytical and emotional perspectives developed over years of practice and teaching.
Hai’s areas of focus include addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, self-esteem and coaching, stress and anxiety, LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping disorders, parenting difficulties, anger management, career challenges, bipolar disorder and depression, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. He prioritizes emotional connection across family and couple relationships and supports individuals in building healthier relationships with themselves.
Hai has blended a career in higher education and clinical practice. He has worked as an online professor in psychology, health and human services, and philosophy, and earlier served as a teaching assistant in stress management. During graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy he completed internships at a non-profit agency, providing therapy to a wide range of populations, including onsite work at middle and high schools and services for couples, families, and individuals dealing with anger, domestic violence, and other concerns. After completing his master’s degree, Hai worked as an online professor at Ashford University and has continued in that role.
His professional experience spans work with gangs, addiction and dual diagnosis treatment, violence, mood disorders, and diverse interpersonal dynamics. Hai provided services for children with autism spectrum disorder, progressed from part-time therapist to primary therapist and clinical director in dual diagnosis settings, and later served as Chief Operating Officer. He has helped open about six companies for owners, works with cultural sensitivity and acculturation issues, and continues to pursue organizational certifications while acknowledging a mentor who served as ex-chief of state at DHCS.
Hai Nguyen is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California, credentialed to practice as an LMFT (CA LMFT 106003). He draws on a broad range of clinical and administrative experience to offer thoughtful, culturally aware care and looks forward to learning from each person’s journey.
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