Board Certified Psychologist | Certified Financial Therapist™
Licensed in California, Nevada, New York, South Dakota & Washington DC
Therapy for thoughtful professionals navigating identity, life transitions, and their relationship with money
Welcome.
My practice focuses on the stories beneath the surface, the ones that shape how we work, love, and make decisions about money.
Many of the people who reach out to me are thoughtful, capable adults who are used to carrying a lot: responsibility, expectations, and often success that doesn’t quite feel the way they imagined.
They come with questions like:
Who am I outside of expectations?
Why doesn’t success feel the way I thought it would?
Why do I carry so much responsibility?
Why is my relationship with money so complicated?
How do I build a life that actually fits me?
Therapy can be a place to slow down, look beneath the surface, and begin making sense of the patterns.
Rediscover You
You think deeply about your life.
From the outside, things may look stable, maybe even successful. But internally you might feel stuck, restless, or unsure about what the next chapter is supposed to look like.
Many of the people who reach out to me are thoughtful, capable adults who are used to figuring things out on their own but have reached a point where something no longer feels clear or sustainable.
Whether you're navigating a life transition, questioning your direction, or trying to make sense of who you are now, therapy can be a space to slow down and look beneath the surface.
If you’ve ever felt like the world moves a little too fast or expects you to fit into roles that don’t quite match who you are, you’re not alone. My virtual practice is a place where you don’t have to shrink, mask, or pretend to have everything figured out.
Set loving boundaries with others
Boundaries, relationships, and money stories
Maybe you want to feel closer to others but keep ending up misunderstood, overwhelmed, or overextended. Maybe you say yes when you mean no — with your time, your energy, or even with money. Or maybe you pull away because asking for what you need feels risky.
I help people build boundaries in relationships and around money that are rooted in mutual respect rather than guilt or people-pleasing. To me, boundaries aren’t walls; they’re tools that help you say:
This matters to me.
This is okay.
This isn’t.
In therapy and financial therapy, we’ll look at what makes it hard to speak honestly about your needs, limits, and financial decisions — and how to move from survival mode toward something more grounded, sustainable, and clear.
My Approach
My work is grounded in:
• Social justice and inclusivity for people of all identities and lived experiences
• Neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based care
• Culturally responsive, client-centered, collaborative work
• A non-shaming, non-judgmental space , you don’t have to edit yourself here
• Values-driven and empowering work that respects your voice and your pace
• Mind–body awareness, including polyvagal-informed and somatic approaches
• Trauma-informed care that recognizes intergenerational and racial grief
• Humanistic and existential foundations, because meaning matters
• Clinical expertise in compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and moral injury, especially for helpers and healers
Who I Am (And Why It Matters)
I identify as a 1.5 generation Vietnamese–Chinese American, neurodivergent, cisgender woman, and first-generation college graduate. My roots are in Southern California, but I’ve lived, worked, and traveled across more than 50 countries. Those experiences shape how I understand identity, belonging, migration, and the complexity of navigating different cultural expectations.
I also carry my own lived experiences with invisibility, oppression, and cultural pressure. Because of that, I pay close attention to the ways systems, family history, and cultural narratives shape how people see themselves and what they believe is possible.
My goal in therapy is not to tell you who you should be. It’s to create a space where you can examine those influences, reconnect with your own values, and decide what feels authentic and sustainable for your life.
Here’s a podcast episode where I share my experiences as an HSP psychologist and my approach with clients.
"As a therapist, Dr. Diep is perceptive, intuitive, empathetic and uber competent. As a person, she is kind, caring, sympathetic and wise. She can also defuse most any difficult situation with a touch of humor when warranted. I strongly recommend Dr. Diep to anyone looking for a 'human' therapist."
—Former Client