Quyen B. Nguyen, Ph.D. (she/her)
Licensed Psychologist
PNW Happy Healthy, PLLC
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- Antioch University Seattle Community Counseling and Psychology Clinic - https://www.antioch.edu/centers-institutes/aus-counseling-center
- Bastyr Center for Natural Health Counseling Services - https://bastyrclinics.org/seattle/wa-mental-health-counseling
- City University of Seattle Counseling Center - https://www.cityu.edu/student-services/counseling-center//
- Lahai Health Counseling - https://lahai.org/services/counseling/
- Mend Seattle - https://mendseattle.com/
- Modern Therapy Seattle - https://www.moderntherapyseattle.com/low-cost-therapy
- Northwest University NUHope - https://www.northwestu.edu/nuhope
- Open Path Collective - https://openpathcollective.org/
- Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) The Couple and Family Therapy Center - https://www.plu.edu/mft/the-couple-and-family-center/
- The Psychotherapy Cooperative - https://www.psychotherapycooperative.org/services
- Riverbank Therapy - https://www.riverbanktherapy.com/graduate-student-interns
- Self Space - https://www.selfspaceseattle.com/low-cost
* Note: Some of these services are provided by graduate students/trainees supervised by licensed clinicians.
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For Hawaii: Call the Adult Mental Health Division Crisis Line of Hawaii. On Oahu, call (808)832-3100. On the neighbor islands, call toll-free at 1-800-753-6879.
For Washington state:
- Your county's 24-hour crisis line. For example, for Pierce County Crisis Line 1-800-576-7764; for King County Crisis Line 866-427-4747 or 206-461-3222.
- Washington Recovery Help Line - 24-hour help for substance abuse, problem gambling, and mental health - Call or Text 866-789-1511.
- Text “HOME” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741.
- Lifeline at (800) 273-8255 (National Crisis Line).
- National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) (chat and text options also available).
- National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) (RAINN).
- Veterans Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255. Chat and text options are also available.
- CopLine - A Law Enforcement Officers' Lifeline - Call 1-800-267-5463 (1-800-COPLINE).
- Institute on Aging’s 24-hour toll-free Friendship Line for people age 60 and older and/or for those living with disability - Call 800-971-0016.
- LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning) youth: Call the TrevorLifeline at 1-866-488-7386. Text and chat options are also available.
- Trans Folks: Contact Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860.
- Natural or Human-Caused Disasters: Call the Disaster Distress Helpline 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746.
For after the crisis:
Now Matters Now website resources from Dr. Ursula Whiteside
DBT Crisis Survival Skills Youtube videos from Dr. Shireen Rizvi
Book - Choosing to Live: How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy by Drs. Tom Ellis and Corey Newman (Amazon, New Harbinger)
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Caveat: Not necessarily a substitute for professional treatment
Free guided meditation or relaxation:
- UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness
- InsightTimer free library of guided meditations
- Calm's free meditations, sleep stories, etc.
Free smartphone apps:
- Breathe2Relax - breath pacer developed by the National Center for Telehealth & Technology (apple store, google play)
- Mindfulness Coach - designed for veterans and service members but available to anyone - useful combined with professional treatment (apple store, google play)
- Paced Breathing - only available for android phones - can ignore the ads and stick to the free version (google play)
- Tactical Breather - another breath pacer app by the Defense Health Agency (apple store, google play)
- Virtual Hope Box - coping strategies tool box developed by the National Center for Telehealth & Technology (apple store, google play)
Neat videos:
- Sesame Street: Common and Colbie Caillat - "Belly Breathe" with Elmo
- One Moment Meditation by Martin Boroson - free accompanying app (apple store, google play)
- Trauma and the Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective
- Understanding Pain in less than 5 minutes and what to do about it
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In alphabetical order:
Asian Americans (PBS 5-part series - no longer available for free streaming)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Asian Mental Health Collective (including therapist directory)
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
Self Evident - Asian America's Stories (podcast)
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Podcasts I still listen to:
- Mind Money Balance with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
- The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy
- The Gut Health Podcast with Kate Scarlata and Megan Riehl
- Speaking of Psychology - American Psychological Association
- Freakonomics, M.D. with Bapu Jena
- The Clinical Consult from the National Register of Health Service Psychologists
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Though I'm Vietnamese American, I'm unfortunately not fluent enough in Vietnamese to do therapy / counseling in Vietnamese. Here are some possible leads if you're on the search for Vietnamese-speaking therapists / counselors:
For Washington state: Psychology Today listings
For Hawaii: Psychology Today listings