Duy Kim Ngoc Nguyen

Duy Kim Ngoc Nguyen is an AASW social worker and psychotherapist with ten years' experience. She brings a straightforward, compassionate style to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.

She works with people facing grief, trauma and abuse, depression, low self-esteem and major life changes. Hospice and end-of-life counselling is included among the issues she supports, alongside concerns such as isolation, guilt and a sense of emptiness. The tone in sessions is calm and grounded.

Her approach blends several evidence-informed methods. Duy uses trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy alongside Internal Family Systems ideas to help people understand difficult emotions and inner parts. She also draws from Process Work and mindfulness practices to help clients notice patterns and respond differently to stress.

Practical tools are a feature of her work. Sessions may include breathing exercises, guided meditation and steps to manage difficult thoughts and memories. She can also discuss whether eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing might suit a person’s needs.

Clients describe her style as authentic and kind, with an emphasis on whole-person wellbeing - body, mind and spirit. Duy encourages clear, manageable goals and gentle self-compassion as people navigate change and loss.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thinking and learn coping strategies for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress. It focuses on practical steps to change thoughts and behaviours that maintain distress.

Internal Family Systems works with different parts of a person’s inner world, helping them understand self-protective responses and develop more compassionate internal leadership. This approach can reduce shame and improve self-worth over time.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to choose techniques that match their goals, needs and preferences, and may combine methods as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, save travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people access care from different regions without changing daily routines, while still focusing on the same practical skills and reflective work used in face-to-face therapy.