
Location
Niparpon Vonghong Johansen currently has a waitlist for new clients.
About
Due to a shortage of Asian therapists, I am only accepting Asian descent clients at this time. Please email me. DON'T CALL. I am a trauma-focused, EMDR-certified, clinical registered Art Therapist, and Marriage and Family Therapist. My offering is for those who wish to understand how one’s mind developed and how the body reacts to certain people or situations. The past has shaped our personality and habits, causing difficulty living life at this moment. We will explore past experiences in order to identify the root(s) of the presenting symptoms so that we can be free to have choices and wisdom to take action for a healthier future.
I am a relaxed Buddhist, cisgender female, immigrant, from Thailand. For 26 years, I have been acculturated into the US dominant culture to survive and be accepted. I also have learned that trauma, especially racial trauma and oppression, are commonly unspoken, causing frustration, anxiety, depression, addiction, aggression, and physical illness for so many.
In treatment, we will look deeply together into your stories, spiritually and ancestrally, to discover how the system and environment have distressed your mental health. We will, henceforth, learn to recover from symptoms and old habits that you have carried all your life. Although we cannot get rid of the trauma memory, we cannot let it control our lives.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Niparpon Vonghong Johansen now - (310) 906-4864
Finances
- Cost per Session: $180 - $250
Pay By:
American Express, Cash, Check, Mastercard, Visa
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Health Net
- Kaiser Permanente (contracted)
- Lyra EAP
- MHN | Health Net
- Out of Network
Please call your insurance to confirm that I am in your network and how much for co-payment/co-insurance/deductible would be.
Email me or call (310) 906-4864 with questions.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 15 Years
- License: California / 50783
- School: Loyola Marymount University
- Year Graduated: 2008
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 2011. Registered Art Therapist since 2010.
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: EMDR International Association / EMDR Certified Therapist
- Certificate Date: 2022
Location
Specialties
- Depression
- Trauma and PTSD
- Racialized Trauma
Issues
- ADHD
- Addiction
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Death and Dying, Living with terminal illness
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Life Transitions
- Parenting
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Spirituality
- Suicidal Ideation
Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Psychosis
- Thinking Disorders
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Asian and Black and African American
I also speak:
Thai
Faith:
Buddhist
Age
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Intersex Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- EMDR
- Mindful Drumming
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
Last Modified: 12 Dec 2022