Vy Tran

You Were Taught to Be Strong. But Who Holds You?

You were the responsible one. The one who kept the peace, made yourself smaller, and carried weight that was never officially given to you. No one had to ask, you just knew.

And you did it well. So well that people forgot to check on you.

Maybe that’s still happening. The guilt. The exhaustion of adjusting yourself before you even walk in the room. The loneliness of not quite belonging in either world. The way you hold everyone else together while something in you quietly comes undone. You don’t have to keep pretending that it’s not heavy.

Therapy for children of immigrants, LGBTQ+, neurospicy, BIPOC & Multicultural Individuals and Couples in Portland, Oregon

Hi! I’m Vy (she/her). I’m a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist offering telehealth therapy to individuals and couples across Oregon. I’m also a neurodivergent 1.5 generation Vietnamese-American woman, which means I bring more than clinical training to this work. I know what it’s like to straddle two worlds. To have to code-switch and mask. To feel the weight of family loyalty pulling against your own needs. To look like you have it together on the outside while something is brewing underneath.

When you sit across from me, you won’t have to start from the beginning.

What We Can Work Through Together

I commonly work with depression, anxiety, burnout, cultural stress and identity, intergenerational and family trauma, relationship patterns (people-pleasing, over-functioning, fear of conflict), grief, and life transitions.

A Space Where You Don’t Have to Explain Yourself First

You can show up as you are. All of you.

We’ll look at how the expectations you grew up with shaped who you think you are and what you think you’re allowed to want. We’ll work through the patterns that kept you safe for a long time but might be getting in the way now. Things like people-pleasing, over-functioning, keeping the peace at your own expense. And we’ll do it at your pace.

I pull from a few different approaches (trauma-informed, attachment-based, IFS-informed, emotionally focused, narrative) but honestly, the method matters less to me than whether what we’re doing is actually working for you.

You’ve spent enough time adapting to spaces that weren’t made for you. Our time together will be.

Whether you’re ready to start or just have questions, reaching out is enough. We’ll figure out the rest together. (:

Not currently offering Vietnamese-language services.

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