Jenn Vuong

Counsellor

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” - Carl G. Jung (Swiss psychologist).

Jenn is a reflective, philosophical and spiritually-oriented accredited counsellor with a passion for helping her clients reach their full potential and self-actualise. She enjoys using creative and unique approaches to therapy, treating each client as an individual on their personal journey towards Individuation^.

Jenn is trained at Master’s level in Counselling at Monash University and a member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), prior to that she has completed a Graduate Diploma in Psychology at The University of Melbourne. Her passion has always rested in psychotherapy and understanding the complex nature of the human psyche.

Throughout her career, Jenn has worked with a diverse range of individuals and age groups, realising that no matter the stage in life, one seeks meaning and direction but can be lost in a sea of mental confusion and self-doubt. That is why she takes care to understand each individual’s story through mainly a psychodynamic perspective, where she begins the process of healing another’s trauma. She has worked with individuals experiencing:

* Anxiety
* Depression
* Trauma
* Personality and mood disorders
* Anger
* Dissociation
* Grief/loss
* Self-harm and/or Suicidality
* Attachment issues
* Relationship issues
* Family conflict

Individuals who are also inclined towards deep reflection and finding meaning in their life may find her therapeutic style particularly refreshing. Having taken an intensive course focusing on the deliverance of Jungian psychotherapy & theory, Jenn is especially adept in incorporating aspects of Jungian depth psychology# into her work, where she is also well-versed in a number of humanistic and evidence-based modalities including:

* Psychodynamic therapy
* Person-centred/Rogerian therapy
* Emotion-focused therapy
* Acceptance Commitment therapy (ACT)
* Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
* Mindfulness approaches (incl. different schools of Meditation)

She also has a special interest in working with individuals around existential concerns, lack of meaning, religious (incl. western and eastern traditions) or spiritual crisis, shadow work and dream-work. Jenn also works closely with her clients, taking into consideration not only social and cultural differences but also key personality attributes by drawing on the Big 5 and the Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory to cater to each individual’s unique growth.

One of Jenn’s visions is to transform the way the modern person experiences therapy, moving away from a starkly scientific or medical model to find a balance between the sciences, humanities, arts, and spiritual or philosophical studies. She would also like to restore people’s faith in the current mental health field by harbouring a more humanistic attitude towards therapy. Jenn speaks English (fluent), Cantonese (fluent) and Mandarin (intermediate).

^Individuation is a term used to describe an individual’s coming to the Self; actualising one’s full potential based on existing strengths, vocations/callings, and unique personality.

#Depth psychology is another term used to describe the study of the unconscious including psychodynamic and related therapies.