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+ I will listen, fully.
++ No rushed intakes. No one-size-fits-all checklists. Your first visit is an hour + because your story deserves the time. +
+A place to be heard
++ Thoughtful, whole-person mental health care for the quiet struggles and the loud ones — + delivered in English and Vietnamese, by telehealth across Northern Virginia. +
+ + + + +About Alice
++ I'm Alice — a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health and Family Nurse + Practitioner. My work is guided by a simple belief: healing begins when someone + feels truly heard. +
++ I trained at Wilkes University and Frontier Nursing University, and I practice + with the Northern Virginia Psychiatric Group. I've spent my career walking + alongside international students, immigrants, and families navigating the quiet + weight of two cultures — and the courage it takes to ask for help. +
++ Whether your concerns are new or longstanding, you deserve a clinician who slows + down, asks the right questions, and remembers the whole of who you are. +
+ +The approach
++ No rushed intakes. No one-size-fits-all checklists. Your first visit is an hour + because your story deserves the time. +
++ Sleep, family, faith, food, work, loneliness, purpose. Mental health lives inside + a life — and we'll talk about all of it. +
++ Culture, language, and belonging shape how we heal. Tiếng Việt is welcome here, + and so is everything you carry. +
+Services
++ A spacious first appointment to understand your history, symptoms, relationships, + and goals. We'll map out what's been happening and co-create a plan that respects + your pace and values. +
++ Ongoing, thoughtful prescribing with close attention to how you're actually + feeling — not just what the chart says. +
++ Brief, focused conversations that sit beside medication — because a script without + context rarely heals. +
++ Mental health support in Vietnamese — so parents, elders, and loved ones can + be part of the conversation, too. +
+What I help with
++ These are some of the experiences people bring to our first visit. You're welcome + if you see yourself in one — or in none. +
++ + You are not a diagnosis on a page. You are a person with a story, a family, + a future — and the bravest thing you've done this week is consider asking + for help. ++
Resources
+What anxiety is actually doing in the body — and five gentle things that help tonight.
+ Open article → + + +Separating the clinical from the cultural, and why neither deserves silence.
+ Open article → + + +A compassionate primer on why your body remembers, and what healing can look like.
+ Open article → + + +The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential, and available 24/7.
+ Get help now → + +Begin here
++ If you're ready — or almost ready — I'd be honored to hear from you. + Reach out below and we'll find a time that feels right. +
+ +A place to be heard
++ Thoughtful, whole-person mental health care for the quiet struggles and the loud ones — + delivered in English and Vietnamese, by telehealth across Northern Virginia. +
+ + + + +About Alice
++ I'm Alice — a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health and Family Nurse + Practitioner. My work is guided by a simple belief: healing begins when someone + feels truly heard. +
++ I trained at Wilkes University and Frontier Nursing University, and I practice + with the Northern Virginia Psychiatric Group. I've spent my career walking + alongside international students, immigrants, and families navigating the quiet + weight of two cultures — and the courage it takes to ask for help. +
++ Whether your concerns are new or longstanding, you deserve a clinician who slows + down, asks the right questions, and remembers the whole of who you are. +
+ +The approach
++ No rushed intakes. No one-size-fits-all checklists. Your first visit is an hour + because your story deserves the time. +
++ Sleep, family, faith, food, work, loneliness, purpose. Mental health lives inside + a life — and we'll talk about all of it. +
++ Culture, language, and belonging shape how we heal. Tiếng Việt is welcome here, + and so is everything you carry. +
+Services
++ A spacious first appointment to understand your history, symptoms, relationships, + and goals. We'll map out what's been happening and co-create a plan that respects + your pace and values. +
++ Ongoing, thoughtful prescribing with close attention to how you're actually + feeling — not just what the chart says. +
++ Brief, focused conversations that sit beside medication — because a script without + context rarely heals. +
++ Mental health support in Vietnamese — so parents, elders, and loved ones can + be part of the conversation, too. +
+What I help with
++ These are some of the experiences people bring to our first visit. You're welcome + if you see yourself in one — or in none. +
++ + You are not a diagnosis on a page. You are a person with a story, a family, + a future — and the bravest thing you've done this week is consider asking + for help. ++
Resources
+What anxiety is actually doing in the body — and five gentle things that help tonight.
+ Open article → + + +Separating the clinical from the cultural, and why neither deserves silence.
+ Open article → + + +A compassionate primer on why your body remembers, and what healing can look like.
+ Open article → + + +The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential, and available 24/7.
+ Get help now → + +Begin here
++ If you're ready — or almost ready — I'd be honored to hear from you. + Reach out below and we'll find a time that feels right. +
+ +A place to be heard
++ Thoughtful, whole-person mental health care for the quiet struggles and the loud ones — + delivered in English and Vietnamese, by telehealth across Northern Virginia. +
+ + + + +About Alice
++ I'm Alice — a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health and Family Nurse + Practitioner. My work is guided by a simple belief: healing begins when someone + feels truly heard. +
++ I trained at Wilkes University and Frontier Nursing University, and I practice + with the Northern Virginia Psychiatric Group. I've spent my career walking + alongside international students, immigrants, and families navigating the quiet + weight of two cultures — and the courage it takes to ask for help. +
++ Whether your concerns are new or longstanding, you deserve a clinician who slows + down, asks the right questions, and remembers the whole of who you are. +
+ +The approach
++ No rushed intakes. No one-size-fits-all checklists. Your first visit is an hour + because your story deserves the time. +
++ Sleep, family, faith, food, work, loneliness, purpose. Mental health lives inside + a life — and we'll talk about all of it. +
++ Culture, language, and belonging shape how we heal. Tiếng Việt is welcome here, + and so is everything you carry. +
+Services
++ A spacious first appointment to understand your history, symptoms, relationships, + and goals. We'll map out what's been happening and co-create a plan that respects + your pace and values. +
++ Ongoing, thoughtful prescribing with close attention to how you're actually + feeling — not just what the chart says. +
++ Brief, focused conversations that sit beside medication — because a script without + context rarely heals. +
++ Mental health support in Vietnamese — so parents, elders, and loved ones can + be part of the conversation, too. +
+What I help with
++ These are some of the experiences people bring to our first visit. You're welcome + if you see yourself in one — or in none. +
++ + You are not a diagnosis on a page. You are a person with a story, a family, + a future — and the bravest thing you've done this week is consider asking + for help. ++
Resources
+What anxiety is actually doing in the body — and five gentle things that help tonight.
+ Open article → + + +Separating the clinical from the cultural, and why neither deserves silence.
+ Open article → + + +A compassionate primer on why your body remembers, and what healing can look like.
+ Open article → + + +The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential, and available 24/7.
+ Get help now → + +Begin here
++ If you're ready — or almost ready — I'd be honored to hear from you. + Reach out below and we'll find a time that feels right. +
+ +Fairfax, Virginia · by telehealth
++ A letter on compassionate psychiatry — in English and Vietnamese — from + Alice Tran, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC. +
+ + + + +Chapter I
+On what it takes to ask, and what to expect when you do.
++ There is a particular bravery — quiet, almost invisible — in deciding that + something inside you deserves a closer look. Most of the people I meet have + been carrying their question for a long time: weeks, sometimes decades. + They arrive a little unsure, a little tired, a little hopeful. If that + is you, I want you to know: you are in the right place to put the weight down for an hour. +
+ ++ I am Alice — a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health and Family + Nurse Practitioner. My work is guided by a simple belief: healing begins + when a person feels truly heard. I trained at Wilkes University and + Frontier Nursing University, and I practice with the Northern Virginia + Psychiatric Group. Appointments are delivered by telehealth, which means + you can arrive from a place that already feels like yours. +
+ + + ++ I have spent my career walking alongside international students, + immigrants, and families navigating the quiet weight of two cultures. + Tiếng Việt is welcome here — and so is whatever you arrive carrying, + named or unnamed. +
+Chapter II
+Three quiet promises I make to every person I see.
+I.
++ No rushed intakes, no one-size-fits-all checklists. Your first visit is + an hour because your story is not a form to be filled in. +
+II.
++ Sleep, family, faith, food, work, loneliness, purpose — mental health + lives inside a life, and we will speak about all of it. +
+III.
++ Where you come from shapes how you heal. Language, ritual, family — none + of it needs to be left at the door. +
++ You are not a diagnosis on a page. You are a person with a story, a + family, a future — and the bravest thing you may have done this week + is consider asking for help. ++
Chapter III
+A small, intentional practice — built for depth, not volume.
+Chapter IV
+You do not have to name it perfectly to be welcome here.
++ These are some of the experiences people bring to our first visit. You are + welcome if you see yourself in one — or in none. Names on a page are + shorthand; a life rarely fits the shorthand. +
+ +Chapter V
+A short shelf of reading for the in-between.
+Essay
+What anxiety is actually doing in the body — and a few gentle things that help tonight.
+ + +Essay
+Separating the clinical from the cultural, and why neither deserves silence.
+ + +Essay
+A compassionate primer on why the body remembers — and what healing can look like.
+ +Chapter VI
+If you're ready — or almost ready — I'd be honored to hear from you.
+Dear reader,
++ The form below arrives on my desk directly. A few sentences are enough; + there is no need to polish. Write in English or Vietnamese — or both. + I will reply, personally, within a few days. +
+— Alice
+ + +