Thanh is an accredited mental health social worker. She has more than 5 years of working in counselling and mental health sector. She works collaboratively with clients based on the client centre approach and empowerment. Safety, trust and connection are important for Thanh to help her clients explore different layers of themselves and to help them to integrate meaning of their past experiences. Thanh believes that every client is shaped by their own history so they are unique in their own different way. Thanh accepts where you are at in your journey and she is happy to provide both support and challenge to help you to transform.

Thanh uses evidence-based practices such as:

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Acceptance Commitment Therapy
• Trauma-informed practice
• Compassion focused Therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing

Thanh has previously worked in the community mental health sector providing counselling to clients who have mental health issues, substance dependence issues, and complex trauma. She has a special interest in trauma and the impact of trauma on different areas of your life. Thanh is fluent in English and Vietnamese.

Special interests:

• Anxiety and Depression
• Substance dependence
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Complex Childhood/ Developmental Trauma
• Sexual assault
• Domestic Violence
• Personality Disorder