Vivian Truong
LPC, NCC

“Without community, there is no liberation.” – Audre Lorde

Hi! I’m Vivian (she/her), a Nationally Certified and Licensed Professional Counselor. I am a second generation Vietnamese-American, cisgender, and queer woman. I approach therapy through a collaborative, client-centered, and culturally-relational lens. Together, we will explore your unique identities and lived experiences and how they shape your experience in therapy.

I am passionate about supporting adults navigating life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, burnout, familial estrangement, intergenerational trauma, relationship conflict, immigration and acculturative stress, and ethno-racial and sexual identity development. In practice, that often looks like addressing familial trauma that hasn’t been talked about enough, feeling a sense of guilt when setting boundaries, or exploring self-identification and acceptance. I am particularly passionate about supporting Black, Indigenous, and people of color and LGBTQIA+ individuals.

My work is grounded in a social justice framework and dedicated to redefining healing. Traditional Westernized psychotherapies have often pathologized marginalized communities. In my practice, I won’t automatically treat every response you’re having as something wrong with you. We may also look at what you’ve had to survive, adapt to, or carry because of your family, culture, community, or larger systems. My approach honors your cultural background and centers community well-being.

By integrating somatic therapy and ancestral practices of healing, we will work together to honor and connect both your mind and body. In sessions, that might mean noticing where emotions show up in your body, practicing grounding skills, or slowing down when talking alone isn’t getting us anywhere. Ancestral practices might mean exploring the cultural or family traditions that already help you feel connected, rest, or find strength, and deciding together which ones you want to carry forward. We can also use narrative therapy to deconstruct oppressive cultural expectations and author a preferred story that reclaims your authentic voice, strength, and agency. You set the pace, and we’ll move at a speed that feels right for you.

Healing is deeply personal, and nobody understands your lived experiences better than you. I’m here to support you through an inclusive, gender-affirming, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive care that honors your unique experiences and autonomy. We will work through a strength-based approach that focuses on your inner resources, capabilities, and resilience rather than centering it around deficits, symptoms, or diagnosis.

Healing is deeply personal, and nobody understands your lived experiences better than you. I’m here to support you through an inclusive, gender-affirming, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive care that honors your unique experiences and autonomy. We will work through a strength-based approach that focuses on your inner resources, capabilities, and resilience rather than centering it around deficits, symptoms, or diagnosis.

Growing up in an Asian-American household, my family and I witnessed a profound reluctance to engage with traditional healthcare. The barrier was not just language, but a systemic lack of culturally responsive care and a “one-size-fits-all” approach rooted in harmful stereotypes. Through this observation, it taught me that people don’t avoid care because they don’t need it. They avoid it because they don’t expect to be understood or heard. I won’t be the kind of therapist who will ask you to leave your culture, family, or identity at the door.

Outside of the therapeutic space I enjoy reading contemporary fiction and classics, journaling, caring for my plants, binge watching my favorite comfort shows, cooking and baking, and incorporating movement whether that be going to the gym, attending fitness/somatic classes, or being outside. I enjoy spending time with my friends and family, including my gray tuxedo cat Suki, who is very vocal and mischievous. Sometimes Suki likes to pop into the therapeutic space, so if you see her feel free to say hi!

Vivian Truong received her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, concentrating on Latinx Mental Health at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and minor in Vietnamese at the University of Pittsburgh.