Calix Vu-Bui, LMFT — Therapist in California

Hi there, I'm Calix!

I offer strengths-based therapy that focuses on the client's unique lived reality. I conduct therapy in a culturally inclusive, anti-oppression manner.

My focus

I have deep knowledge working with patients who have anxiety, trauma, and depression. If you are looking to understand the underlying issues that are impacting your relationships or any aspect of your functioning, I'm a good fit.

My approach

My specialty is understanding relational issues and what can be done to improve the quality of relationships. Many people think of this as a romantic issue between partners, but it's much more than that. Relationships are everywhere: Parent-child, Employer-employee, friendship conflict, one's relationship to oneself, and any inner turmoil.

My communication style

My patients would describe me as warm, relatable, down-to-earth, and a therapist who is actively engaged in sessions with a no-nonsense kind of approach.

My journey to mental healthcare

I bring clinical experience across a wide breadth of issues, always centering your unique lived reality and working from a culturally inclusive, anti-oppression framework.

My goals for you

My approach to goal setting with clients is collaborative. You are the expert of your life. I seek to understand what a client feels, which will improve the quality of their life, and then work with the client to achieve that end.

Our first session

I provide clinical feedback, thoughtful analysis, empathy, and useful psychoeducational knowledge that can be helpful in one's everyday life. If you're looking to develop insight, coping strategies, or a new approach to a problem you are having, I'd love to support you.

I identify as...

Female
Asian

Expertise

Treatment approaches

Attachment-based

Psychodynamic

Trauma Focused

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Gottman Method

Humanistic

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Mindfulness-Based

Motivational Interviewing

Psychoanalytic

Reality Therapy

Sex Therapy

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Focus populations

Educators

First Generation American/Immigrant Parents

Queer

Gay

HIV/AIDS

Intersex

LGBTQIA+

Military/Veterans

Non-Binary

Open Relationships/Non-Monogamy

Sex Worker

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Therapy types

Family Therapy
Individual Therapy

Ages served

Adults

Practice

Accepted insurance providers

Medica
Aetna
All Savers
Allegiance
Allied

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Languages spoken

English

Education

Master of Science (MS) in Counseling from San Diego State University.

Sessions

60 minutes

Virtual sessions

Calix Vu-Bui