This page presents the introduction about the author and the Website. 

About the Author

Nguyen Minh Tien, M.D., Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist

• Date of.Birth:     February 4^th, 1964.
• Live and work in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Medical Doctor from 1987. 
• Attended a one-week training course for Health Education Trainers in 1989, organized by HSO (Sweden) and HCMC Health Service. 
• Deputy-Principal of HOPE School for the Hearing Impaired in Binh Thanh, HCMC, 1992-1994.
• Writer and Editor for the "Medical Journal for Everyone", 1994-1997.
• Began to work as a child psychotherapist since 1997.
• Collaborated with NT Foundation (Center for Child Psychology Research) between July, 1997 and December, 2000. 
• Founded "Young Moon Club" for Children with Psychological Problems from May 8^th, 2001. 
• Member of HCMC Association of Psychology and Education from 2001.
• Psychiatrist from 2003. 
• Worked as a Counselor for drug users in Thanh Da Addiction Treatment Center between March, 2003 and August, 2006. 
• Attended a 4-year training course on Systemic Psychotherapy organized by Louvain Institute (Belgium) and HCMC Mental Health Hospital (2003-2007).
• Lecturer on Psychotherapy in Van Hien University in HCMC from 2005. 
• Supervisor for HIV Counselors in ATS (Anonymous Test Site for People with HIV; 53 VuTung Street, HCMC) from August, 2005.
• Lecturer on Psychotherapy for Advanced Counselors Training Courses organized by HCMC Association of Psychology and Education, 2005 and 2007.

About the Website

www.tamlytrilieu.com is the first Vietnamese-written website on psychotherapy. 

The Website has been published since September 11^th, 2007 and it has been continuously updated with more materials through time.

Why this Website 

As a growing field of mental health services, psychotherapy has been increasingly taken into account by many experts in Vietnam, especially ones who work in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, counseling and special education. Recently, psychotherapy has been taught formally for students in universities and informally in some short-term or intermittent training courses by foreign specialists who come from France, Belgium, The UK, Australia and so on.

In an attempt to "make a bridge" that connects the trainers with the students, the students with the practitioners, and the practitioners with the clients - people who seek help from psychotherapy, we have tried to set up this Website. 

We wish to receive all ideas, comments and suggestions from the readers about the Website.

What in this Website

• Home
• What's New
• About the Author
• About the Website
• Services
• Child Psychotherapy
• Special Education
• Individual Psychotherapy
• Family Therapy
• Crisis Intervention
• Psychological Support for Drug Addicts and People with HIV
• Practice Training
• Supervision
• Articles
  We have tried to introduce articles about psychopathology and psychotherapy to the readers, especially those who are studying clinical psychology and practicing counseling and psychotherapy. Some articles which originate from English-written websites are translated into Vietnamese under the title "Reading Websites for You".
• Currriculum
  This page is for students and other learners who need to know about the general curriculum on psychotherapy, whether used formally in universities or informally in short-term training courses. Articles on psychotherapy are translated into Vietnamese in the "Further Reading" Page and the "Training Documents" Page. In addition, we also introduce exersises which can be useful for the students in their clinical study and practice. 
• References
  This page is still under construction. 
• For Clients
  This page includes a letter for anyone who needs to know about and/or wants to seek professional help from psychotherapy as well as other types of psychological supportive services. Some frequent questions and anwers are also provided.
• Therapist Profiles
  Well-known psychotherapists from all around the world are introduced here. All students and practicians can learn a lot from their lives, their works and their main ideas. 
• External Links
  This page can make other Websites on psychotherapy be found easily in order to compensate for lack of information about the field in Vietnam. It is suggested that all readers and learners keep trying to get more and more knowledge from them. 
• Psychopathology
  This is a new page for articles about abnormal psychology, maladaptive behavior and other abnornal phenomena in human mind. Through reading these articles, both students and clients can get more knowledge about what is abnormal, how such phenomena develop and influence the function of our mind, how we can prevent and deal with them.
• Therapist's Diary
  This page is for our case illustrations and for the issues related to our daily clinical practice. We hope to share our experience in doing psychotherapy to other Vietnamese colleagues and students who want to go further and further in this special and humanistic field.

Who this Website for

People who get benefits most from this Website are of course students who are studying clinical psychology and those who are practicing counseling and psychotherapy as their everyday work. Others can, however, get necessary information from the Website. For instance, clients can understand when and why they need to seek help from a psychotherapist, what their "problems" are  and how to find whom to get help. Students and practicians of other fields such as special education, social work, medicine... can also find materials they need from this Website. 

Contact Us

Telephone number   84-8  3 90 95 280
Mobiphone              84-8  0908 33 0908
E-mail                    dr_ngmtien@yahoo.com.vn
                        or  trangnonclb@yahoo.com   

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