Anh Doan, Psychotherapist and everyone deserves Clinical Supervisor
Anh Doan is a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with fifteen years in practice, working in English and Vietnamese. She founded Talking Counselling in 2011 and still leads the clinical work: she supervises every trainee here, reads every enquiry that comes in, and does the therapist matching herself. She is one of an extremely small number of psychotherapists in the UK offering full therapy in Vietnamese.
Fifteen years spent removing the reasons people give up
Anh founded Talking Counselling in 2011, after noticing the same thing over and over: the people who most needed help were the least likely to get it. Too expensive, too long a wait, or a system that asked them to explain themselves in a language they were still learning.
She had trained with a specialism in complex trauma and built a practice in the City of London, working alongside survivors of trafficking and modern slavery. Many of them she could support in Vietnamese, their first language, which removed a barrier almost nobody else in the country was able to remove.
What began as a one person practice is now a team of fifteen therapists working in ten languages, with around thirty trainees on placement. The founding principle has not moved: expert therapy, no waiting list, no referral, for everyone.
She still works directly with clients alongside supervising the team, which is deliberate. A clinical lead who has stopped seeing people stops being able to supervise the people who have not.
What Anh works with
A wide range of presentations, with particular depth in trauma, identity and cross cultural mental health.
Complex trauma
Specialist support for survivors of human trafficking, modern slavery, political persecution, and developmental trauma.
Cultural identity
Working with clients navigating bi-cultural identity, migration, displacement, and the mental health impact of structural racism.
Vietnamese therapy
One of an extremely small number of psychotherapists in the UK offering full therapy in both English and Vietnamese.
ACT & CBT
Trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy — evidence-based, present-focused approaches.
Modern slavery
Clinical experience supporting referrals through the National Referral Mechanism and survivors of trafficking and exploitation.
Clinical supervision
BACP-aligned clinical supervisor for all trainee therapists at Talking Counselling, ensuring every session meets professional standards.
How Anh works
Anh's clinical foundation is in complex trauma. Sessions are paced carefully and safety is always the starting point.
Cultural background, identity, and language are not peripheral — they are central to how she understands the work.
She draws on psychodynamic, humanistic, and behavioural traditions, choosing the approach that fits the client.
The therapy belongs to you. Anh's role is to support, not direct — the work is always done together.
Trained, registered, and continuously developing
Clinical training in integrative psychotherapy and counselling practice.
Bound by the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions and its CPD requirements. Check this entry on the BACP register.
Qualified to provide clinical supervision to trainee and qualified therapists.
Specialist training in ACT, a present-focused, values-driven evidence-based approach.
Trained in CBT for anxiety, depression, and trauma-related presentations.
Over fifteen years working with individuals, couples, and supervisees across the UK.
What a first hour with me is like
You will not be asked to relive anything. It is a conversation, and most of it is about the present: how you are sleeping, what your days look like, what you would like to be different in six months. You can stop at any point and leave anything out.
If we are working in Vietnamese, we work in Vietnamese from the first sentence. You will not have to translate yourself into English first and then feel your way back.
At the end I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person, or whether someone else on the team would suit you better. Sometimes that is the most useful thing an assessment produces.
Frequently asked questions
Is Anh currently taking new clients?
[Yes / with a short wait / not currently, and here is who else]. This is the question people most want answered before they read anything else, and leaving it unanswered is why some of them close the tab.
Can I have therapy in Vietnamese?
Yes. Anh offers full psychotherapy in Vietnamese, not translation or an interpreter. She is one of an extremely small number of psychotherapists in the UK who does. Sessions run online, wherever you are.
Does Anh take referrals through the National Referral Mechanism?
Yes. She has worked with survivors of trafficking and modern slavery referred through NRM pathways for over a decade, alongside partner organisations. Contact the practice directly to discuss a referral.
Does Anh offer clinical supervision?
Yes, to trainee and qualified counsellors. She supervises the full team here and takes external supervisees. Get in touch to ask about availability.
Book a session with Anh
No referral needed, no waiting list. Book your 1-hour assessment directly — sessions usually start within a week.