You deserve care in the language that feels most like home.
Book an Appointment →Alice Tran, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and supportive therapy in English and Vietnamese for adults across Virginia, including Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, Annandale, Springfield, and Northern Virginia.
All appointments are conducted via telehealth — meaning you can be seen from home, from your car, or anywhere you feel comfortable. No commute. No waiting room. Care in the language you actually think in.
Alice is dual board-certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) and Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC). She grew up speaking Vietnamese at home and English everywhere else — and that lived experience shapes how she practices. She understands what it means to carry something in one language that doesn't have a clean translation in another.
Mental health is not just about symptoms. It is about how you describe your experience, what words you reach for, what you can and cannot say out loud, and who feels safe enough to hear it.
When care happens through an interpreter — or in a second language where you have to translate your feelings before you can even share them — something is always lost. Important things. Nuanced things. The things that actually matter.
Vietnamese-speaking adults are often underserved by the mental health system not because their needs are different, but because fluent, culturally attuned providers are rare. Alice is one of them.
Alice speaks Vietnamese conversationally and clinically. She can take a full psychiatric history, explain medication options, and discuss diagnosis — entirely in Vietnamese. She understands the cultural context around mental health in Vietnamese families: the stigma, the silence, the expectation to endure, and the enormous weight of being the one who finally asks for help.
A comprehensive first visit (60 minutes) to understand your history, symptoms, and goals before we decide together on a care plan. Conducted fully in Vietnamese if preferred.
Ongoing follow-up visits (30–50 min) to review how medications are working, adjust dosing, and address side effects — with clear explanations in the language you understand best.
Brief, focused supportive psychotherapy woven into every visit. Culturally sensitive to Vietnamese family dynamics, immigrant experience, and intergenerational expectations.
All services are telehealth — available to adults ages 18–60 across Virginia.
Alice treats a full range of mental health conditions in Vietnamese. Some of the most common include:
Generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and panic disorder — including the particular pressure many Vietnamese adults feel around family expectations and achievement.
Depression often looks different in Vietnamese patients — expressed through physical complaints (đau lòng, mệt mỏi, mất ngủ) rather than direct sadness. Alice knows what to listen for.
ADHD is frequently underdiagnosed in Vietnamese and Asian adults, particularly in women. Alice provides comprehensive evaluation and evidence-based treatment.
Chronic sleep difficulties — whether from anxiety, depression, stress, or another cause — evaluated and treated holistically, including non-medication approaches.
Including trauma related to immigration, family separation, war, and intergenerational experiences that shape mental health across the Vietnamese diaspora.
Careful evaluation and ongoing management of bipolar I and II, including medication stabilization and safety planning, with clear communication in Vietnamese.
New mothers deserve support — in their own language. Postpartum depression and anxiety are medical conditions, not signs of failure, and they are very treatable.
Work burnout, caregiver exhaustion, and the particular stress of navigating two cultures — immigrant identity, family duty, and the life you're trying to build.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, including contamination fears, intrusive thoughts, and compulsive checking — evaluated and treated with evidence-based approaches.
Not sure if your concern is on this list? Reach out — you don't have to name it perfectly to be welcome here.
As a telehealth practice, Alice sees patients from anywhere in Virginia — no matter how close or how far from Northern Virginia you are. The Vietnamese-speaking communities she most frequently serves include:
Northern Virginia is home to one of the largest Vietnamese communities on the East Coast. Alice is proud to serve this community — and any Vietnamese-speaking adult across the state who needs care in their language.
Yes. Alice conducts full psychiatric evaluations, follow-up visits, and medication conversations entirely in Vietnamese. No interpreter is needed. You can speak however feels most natural to you — switching between English and Vietnamese is fine too.
Yes — deeply. She grew up in a Vietnamese family and understands the stigma, the silence, and the particular pressure that comes with being the one who finally says something. She won't ask you to explain your culture to her. She already knows the context.
With your consent, yes. Many Vietnamese families want to be involved in care decisions — and Alice welcomes that. Family conversations can be conducted in Vietnamese as well.
Alice accepts Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Oxford, and Oscar. She also sees patients who pay out of pocket. See the Rates & Insurance page for current rates and details.
Most psychiatric providers in Virginia do not speak Vietnamese. Those who do often rely on family members or professional interpreters — which creates barriers to honest conversation. Alice speaks Vietnamese fluently and practices psychiatric care with cultural fluency as well, not just language fluency.
That is completely okay — and more common than you think, especially in Vietnamese families where mental health has not always been spoken about openly. Alice's practice is a judgment-free space. You don't have to have the right words. You just have to show up.
New patients welcome. Telehealth across Virginia. English & Tiếng Việt.
Book an Appointment →Or call or text: (703) 829-5227 · info@alicetrannp.com