- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English, Vietnamese
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Hai
Hai Nguyen, LMFT, focuses on parenting concerns alongside a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues. He speaks English and Vietnamese and brings 15 years of clinical experience in California. Hai writes and teaches about psychology and has spent much of his career helping people rebuild connection after loss, addiction, and major life changes.
He uses clear, direct conversation to help parents and individuals understand patterns that get in the way of relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions look at everyday moments - communication, boundaries, emotional reactivity, and routines that affect sleep, eating, and stress. Hai draws on practical strategies and reflective exploration so people can make steady changes at home.
Hai's background includes work in dual diagnosis treatment for addiction and mental health, roles as a therapist and clinical director, and experience as an online professor of psychology and health. He has provided services in school settings and community agencies and has supported people dealing with grief, trauma, mood disorders, and addiction.
His training and long experience shape an approach that blends attachment perspectives with cognitive and emotion-focused tools. Sessions often focus on strengthening emotional connection, improving communication, and managing impulses. Parents can expect attention to day-to-day challenges alongside longer term goals.
People who contact Hai typically want practical help for relationships, parenting stress, anxiety, or substance-related concerns. He aims to collaborate on clear steps clients can try between sessions and to adapt strategies to cultural and family contexts.
What Hai works with
Everything Hai lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Hai helps people with.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Hai lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online parenting and relationship work
Hai uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and to choose actions that match their values; this approach can be useful for parenting stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to examine patterns of emotional connection and safety in relationships and to strengthen how people respond to each other during conflict or distance.Picking the right approach is part of the work. Hai will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they identify short-term steps and longer-term aims, and adjust techniques based on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for emotion-focused work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat options make brief check-ins and coaching-style support simpler between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy parenting schedules and different daily routines.
Questions people ask about Hai
What kinds of concerns does Hai address?
He works with a wide range of difficulties including addiction, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, sleep and eating concerns, and ADHD.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
Hai combines practical skills with reflective conversation. He focuses on communication, emotion, and real-life routines that affect daily functioning.
What is his clinical background?
Hai has 15 years of experience including years in dual diagnosis treatment, roles as therapist and clinical director, and work as an online professor in psychology and health fields.
Where does Hai practice and what is his credential?
He practices in California and holds the LMFT credential, which is listed as CA LMFT.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Vietnamese.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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