Viet at School: Understanding Vietnamese Student Mental Health

Vietnamese and Vietnamese American students face unique experiences and circumstances—some intergenerational—that influence their mental health, especially in higher education settings. Along with Tram Huynh, LMHC, from the JHU Counseling Center, this interactive panel and workshop will address the factors that play a role in Viet mental health, the importance of conversation in our communities, and how we can take action to work toward healing and resilience as students.

This event is a collaboration between Johns Hopkins Vietnamese Students Association (VSA), Brown University VSA, Harvard Vietnamese Association (HVA), Towson University VSA, University of California - Berkeley VSA, University of Maryland - College Park VSA, and Yale University ViSA, with support from the Johns Hopkins University Counseling Center.
 

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Tram Huynh, LMHC, is a New York State licensed mental health counselor, pursuing her doctorate in counseling psychology at Fordham University. She holds a master’s degree in counseling for mental health and wellness from New York University and an MBA from Copenhagen Business School. Ethnically, she identifies as Vietnamese-Danish. 

Over the past few years, she has enjoyed working with adolescents and adults from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds. Her practicum placements comprise The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Barnard College, The Center for Optimal Performance, and Coney Island Hospital. Her theoretical orientation is psychodynamic, and she often finds herself drawing on multicultural and social justice theories, cognitive/dialectical behavior therapies, and biofeedback to address clients’ clinical needs fully. Her objective is to foster a safe, supportive, and empowering environment in which clients can freely explore fears, wishes, and dreams. Her research interest is women’s leadership identity formation in technology, and clinical interest is developmental trauma among young adults.

Tram has previously worked in the private sector in Europe and Asia in various leadership capacities. Outside work, she enjoys reading, meditating, running marathons, visiting museums, and spending time with family and friends.