Nguyen Bui, LPC

Nguyen Bui is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and depression. He speaks English and Vietnamese and aims to make first conversations straightforward and calm for worried parents reading on a phone.

Nguyen focuses on practical steps to reduce symptoms and regain steadiness. He uses clear, focused sessions where people talk about what is hardest right now and build small, manageable goals. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs rather than following the same script.

He has three years of professional experience working with trauma, abuse, PTSD symptoms, and the emotional fallout from loss and big life changes. Nguyen also supports people dealing with relationship troubles, family-origin concerns, fatherhood strains, and the stresses that come after disasters or separation.

Nguyen describes his style as respectful and compassionate. He listens first, then works with clients to decide which methods to try, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and trauma-focused approaches when appropriate. The emphasis is on skills people can use between sessions to cope and feel more able.

People who prefer to speak in Vietnamese or English can do so. Nguyen meets with clients using a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How CBT and Trauma-Focused Care Work Online

Nguyen commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood. CBT sessions online often include setting simple between-session tasks, tracking moods, and practicing new ways of thinking that can be discussed during a call or in messages.

He also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when trauma symptoms are present. These approaches focus on processing difficult memories and reducing their emotional impact, with pacing adjusted to what the person can handle during remote work.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Nguyen works collaboratively to decide which methods best match a person's goals, current challenges, and comfort with different formats. He explains options and adapts plans as progress is made.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy routines.