All Therapists // Vi Giang

"Love is being radically honest and surviving."

—adrienne maree brown

About Vi Giang

LMSW | she/they

My therapeutic framework is rooted in connection and social justice principles. I recognize how the world around us deeply impacts our mental health and I strive to understand health as a collective value. My background in anti-carceral and anti-violence work shapes how I work with clients, centering the importance of building compassion and community. I have witnessed the power that connection holds in bringing forth transformation, and I take a highly relational approach to my work with clients. Through our therapeutic work, we will collaborate to cultivate self-compassion, embrace your authentic self, and utilize your strengths to navigate life's challenges. I will honor all that you bring into session with cultural humility, sensitivity, and the understanding that vulnerability is a strength.  

Whether you are processing life transitions, kinship/relationship conflict, identity exploration, or healing from violence, you are not alone. I am here to support you in rebuilding your self-esteem, unpacking feelings of guilt/shame, and foster a stronger sense of self and tenderness. I believe humor and art to be incredibly therapeutic and hope to include that in the therapeutic space. Thank you for considering me as your therapist, and I look forward to the opportunity to work together on your path towards healing and transformation.


Education

MS, Social Work - Fordham University
MS, Public Health - Columbia University

BA, Social Welfare & Public Health

Certified Health Education Specialist
Sexuality, Sexual and Reproductive Health Certificate

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Emotions- focused

  • Relational

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

  • Psychodynamic

  • Play therapy

  • Art therapy

Approaches

  • Identity exploration

  • Self-esteem

  • Relationship and kinship support

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Life transitions

  • Family dynamics

  • Interpersonal conflict

  • Trauma

Specialties

  • Queer

  • Southeast Asian

  • Adolescents

  • Teens

  • Young Adults

  • Student

  • Carceral system-exposed

Client Focus

Book Shelf

Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Davis

Be Not Afraid of Love
Mimi Zhu

Loving Corrections
Adrienne maree brown

The Gift of Therapy
Irvin D. Yalom

all about love: new visions
bell hooks

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