Hanh Truong
I am a licensed mental health therapist with experience across private practice, community, academic, governmental, nonprofit, and corporate settings. As a Vietnamese refugee who has faced profound hardship, I bring a deep understanding of resilience, trauma, and healing to my work. I support individuals, couples, families, and communities navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, and complex cultural, relational transitions. My approach is integrative and tailored to each client, blending evidence-based practices with cultural awareness, trauma-informed care, and spiritual flexibility. I meet clients where they are, honoring their experiences and challenges. Through a collaborative and compassionate process, I help clients develop insight, strengthen resilience, and create lasting change—so they heal and thrive. Tôi là một nhà trị liệu sức khỏe tâm thần được cấp phép tại California, với kinh nghiệm trong nhiều môi trường như thực hành tư nhân, cộng đồng, học thuật, chính phủ, tổ chức phi lợi nhuận và doanh nghiệp. Là người tị nạn Việt Nam từng trải qua khó khăn, tôi có sự thấu hiểu sâu sắc về khả năng phục hồi, sang chấn và chữa lành. Tôi làm việc với cá nhân, cặp đôi, gia đình và cộng đồng đối mặt với sang chấn, lo âu, trầm cảm và chuyển đổi phức tạp trong văn hóa, mối quan hệ và cuộc sống. Phương pháp của tôi mang tính tích hợp, điều chỉnh theo từng thân chủ, kết hợp các thực hành dựa trên bằng chứng cùng sự nhạy cảm văn hóa và linh hoạt về tinh thần. Tôi tôn trọng trải nghiệm và bản sắc riêng của mỗi người. Thông qua hợp tác và thấu cảm, tôi hỗ trợ thân chủ phát triển nhận thức, củng cố khả năng phục hồi và tạo ra thay đổi ý nghĩa, bền vững—để họ có thể chữa lành và phát triển.
Tôi làm việc với cá nhân, cặp đôi, gia đình và cộng đồng đối mặt với sang chấn, lo âu, trầm cảm và chuyển đổi phức tạp trong văn hóa, mối quan hệ và cuộc sống.
First session
During our first session, I review informed consent, confidentiality and its limits, and your rights as a client. I also take time to understand your needs, concerns, and challenges, helping to develop a clear picture of what you’re experiencing and the areas we can focus on in therapy. I will explain how therapy works, discuss expectations, and collaborate with you to establish meaningful goals, including how we will measure progress and determine whether therapy is effective. We will also discuss the therapeutic relationship, your benefits, and your options—including making changes when needed, such as adjusting treatment or transitioning to another provider. My goal is to create a supportive, transparent process that helps you move toward growth, positive change, and ultimately, graduation from therapy.
Strengths
I bring clinical competence and knowledge to my work, along with sincerity, sensitivity, and compassion. Having faced and overcome personal challenges, I connect with clients in a genuine and understanding way. I am supportive, patient, and attentive to each individual’s unique experience. By integrating professional expertise with life experience, I work collaboratively with clients to develop solutions that align with their needs, cultural traditions, spiritual beliefs, values, natural supports, and available resources. Through this process, I help clients gain insight, build resilience, and create meaningful, lasting change—so they can heal, grow, and thrive.
Ideal clients
I believe that regardless of age or life challenges—even in the context of terminal conditions—clients tend to achieve the best outcomes when they take the initiative to seek help, approach their growth proactively, and take their health seriously. Those who are committed to working through their difficulties, making necessary changes, and following through on that commitment—even when it requires making difficult choices—are best positioned to learn, grow, and experience meaningful progress.
Origin story
My journey to becoming a therapist was shaped by both my personal experiences and my desire to help people navigate some of the most difficult moments in their lives. As an immigrant and refugee, I experienced firsthand how culture, family, loss, transition, and starting over can shape a person’s emotional well-being and sense of identity. These experiences gave me a deep appreciation for how meaningful it can be to have someone who truly listens, without judgment, and helps you make sense of what you are going through. I have always been curious about people—their stories, relationships, cultures, strengths, and the experiences that shape who they become. Psychology gave me a way to understand those experiences, while becoming a therapist gave me the opportunity to support people in making meaningful changes in their lives. What continues to inspire me is witnessing the process of change. Sometimes therapy means helping someone through a crisis or a painful loss. Other times, it means helping someone understand their emotions, build healthier relationships, establish boundaries, regain confidence, or recognize strengths they may have overlooked. I feel privileged to walk alongside my clients during these moments and help them discover that they may have more choices, strengths, and possibilities than they initially believed. I became a therapist because I believe everyone deserves a space where they can feel heard, respected, and accepted for who they are. My own life experiences have taught me the importance of resilience, connection, compassion, and hope. These are the values I bring into my work with each client.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Using CBT, I help clients understand how their thoughts influence their emotions, and how those emotions shape their behavior. By recognizing these patterns, clients learn practical techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, leading to healthier emotions, more positive behaviors, and improved overall functioning
Eclectic
Using an eclectic approach, I integrate techniques from various treatment modalities—including person-centered/humanistic, solution-focused, multicultural, narrative, structural, trauma-informed care, feedback-informed treatment, interpersonal, and grief therapy—to enhance CBT. This allows me to address clients’ diverse needs, meet them where they are, and provide effective, individualized care.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Asian / Asian American
Man
Top specialties
Anxiety
Depression
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
Career Counseling
Coping Skills
Couples Counseling
Family Conflict
Grief
Life Transitions
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Self Esteem
Spirituality
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Couples Counseling
Elders (65 and above)
Family Conflict
Family Therapy
Gender-fluid
Individual Therapy
Man
Non-binary
Transgender
Woman
Licensed in
CaliforniaLicense 40971