Mai-Han Dinh, LMFT

Mai-Han Dinh is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and major life transitions. Her manner is calm and respectful, and she aims to create a place where someone can speak honestly without judgment.

Mai-Han combines practical, goal-focused methods with space to tell your story. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also draws on EMDR when trauma memories keep repeating and on Motivational Interviewing to support people making difficult changes.

Sessions focus on clear steps that fit daily life. That can mean short skills to reduce anxiety, ways to manage intense emotions, or exercises to rebuild confidence after loss or separation. She watches what works and adjusts the plan as needed.

Mai-Han also explores personal history and patterns when it helps explain current struggles. Narrative and psychodynamic ideas can uncover how past experiences shape beliefs and relationships. Together, this helps people make different choices going forward.

She offers therapy in English and Vietnamese for people located in California. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging, and scheduling follows the site's matching and booking process.

CBT, EMDR, and Motivational approaches for online care

Mai-Han commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and lift mood. CBT sessions often include simple exercises and homework that fit into everyday life.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, when past traumatic events keep causing distress. EMDR aims to reduce the intensity of upsetting memories so they interfere less with daily functioning. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone is weighing change; it focuses on building personal motivation and clear next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Mai-Han works collaboratively to match methods to each person's needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in about what feels helpful and adjusts the plan over time so sessions stay useful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls recreate in-person conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a brief check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and other responsibilities while keeping care focused and goal-directed.