Benjamin Nguyen

Great to meet you!

My name is Ben and I am a triple-UCLA trained psychotherapist, grounded in Anthropology, Health, and Social Welfare with postgraduate work at California’s largest mental health research institute—UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. I also have additional certification in Jungian Psychology for Clinical Practice from the CG Jung Institute of Los Angeles.

My life and professional experiences shape my therapy practice--paying close attention to loneliness, chronic health conditions, culture, toxic shame, identity, loss, gender, existential crises, sexuality, and transgenerational trauma.

My practice bridges the gaps between the science of the brain, the psychology of the mind, and the art of the soul.

I provide therapy that is in-depth, insight-oriented, and relationship-centered; this addresses immediate disruptive symptoms along with their underlying drives and roots.

As appropriate, we might reflect and reminisce about the past to re-examine unreconciled memories and hidden wounds with hopes of harvesting wisdom and cultivating compassion.

Other times, it may be better to problem-solve stressors in the environment or make sense of current struggles and hardships. We can also strategize solutions and plan for the future!

All therapy is delivered through a strengths-based lens with an anti-oppressive practice (AOP) framework. This involves special attention to the different forms of interpersonal, structural, cultural, systemic, and institutional subordination, oppression, and power/privilege that underlie all relationships, from those in your life to those in our very own therapeutic relationship.

I wouldn’t say I am here to “fix” you, but rather to co-create a space where your most authentic Self can be awakened into reality, across various moments of life, no matter how bitter, sour, or sweet.

Over time, people in my practice can expect to connect with themselves in new ways, discovering deeper meaning and clarity about their ideas, ways of being, and experiences. Oftentimes, this radical acceptance and compassionate understanding leads to greater self-esteem, creativity, purpose, and fulfillment.