Ruth Nguyen

Psychologist

About

Ruth Nguyen (she/her/they) is a registered Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Agency (AHPRA) and a Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS).

 Ruth lives and practices on Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Country. She/they are passionate about mental health and prioritises collaboration with clients in a non-judgmental space. Ruth hopes that with her professional support, clients can focus on recovery, wellbeing and thrive within their lives.  Ruth has therapeutic experience in group and individual work in private inpatient settings, community health, and most recently on a crisis assessment and treatment team based in a major hospital in far north-west Victoria.  

Ruth aims to practice with a trauma-informed, attachment, strengths and resilience-based framework. She is dedicated to cultivating a safe and encouraging therapeutic environment to promote meaningful discussion, skills acquisition, and insightful change.

Ruth welcomes clients wishing to do individual work in the space of general counselling and specific skills training relating to:

• self-development, identity, introspection of personality

• life transitions, burnout, stress, situational challenges

• ambiguous loss

• decision making

• emotional challenges

• relationships, sex positivity, sexuality, gender

• symptom reduction relating to anxiety and depression, and

• psychological impacts relating to chronic mental health illness

Ruth wishes to extend a specific welcome to clients who are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, are indigenous or identify as LGBTIQA+.

Therapeutic Approaches

Ruth draws from evidence-based approaches:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

• Narrative Therapy