Hai Nguyen, LMFT

Hai Nguyen is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience in California. He helps people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship struggles, grief, and parenting challenges. He speaks English and Vietnamese and brings a calm, direct style to sessions.

Hai combines practical tools with conversations that get to what matters most. He often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also draws on acceptance and commitment techniques to support values-based choices and emotion-focused ideas to repair close relationships.

His background includes work in dual diagnosis treatment for addiction and mental health, where he served as a therapist and later as clinical director and chief operating officer. That experience gave him a lot of exposure to mood disorders, substance use, and co-occurring conditions. He has also worked with people affected by domestic violence, trauma, and complicated grief.

Hai has an academic background as an online professor in psychology and health-related subjects. He brings that teaching experience into sessions by explaining concepts plainly and offering exercises clients can try between meetings. He pays attention to cultural background and the challenges of acculturation.

Sessions are practical and collaborative. Clients can expect clear goals, homework when useful, and steady attention to patterns that keep problems going. Hai aims to help people rebuild connection with themselves and others while managing the day-to-day symptoms that get in the way.

How CBT, ACT, and Attachment Work Online

Hai uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and for breaking patterns linked to addiction.

He also uses acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify personal values and take committed action even when difficult feelings remain. ACT can help with stress, grief, and coping with life transitions. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship patterns, closeness, and trust, which is helpful for intimacy, communication problems, and family conflict.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan when something does not feel helpful. Clients are invited to give feedback and to shape what happens in sessions.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for longer therapy sessions and exercises that use visual materials. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, coaching-style support, or people who want to reflect in writing. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.