M.S. Nguyen Thi Xuan Hoa

1. Personal Profile:

• Full Name: Nguyen Thi Xuan Hoa

• Title: M.S. in Clinical Psychology

2. Education

• 2021 – 2022: Master’s Degree in Developmental and Therapeutic Play, Swansea University, United Kingdom

• 2012 – 2014: Master’s Degree in Clinical and Medical Psychology, École de Psychologues Practiciens (EPP), Paris, France, in collaboration with Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• 2007 – 2011: Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Psychology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

3. Work Experience

• 07/2024 – Present: Psychological Counselor at Vietnam – France Psychology Institute

• 03/2023 – Present: Private Practitioner & Clinical Specialist, providing psychological support and mental health interventions for children and adults; training practicing psychologists in Child and Adolescent Play Therapy

• 10/2022 – 01/2023: Early Years Educator at Pebbles Nursery, United Kingdom

• 07/2022 – 08/2022: Summer Programme Coordinator at Bishopston Primary School, United Kingdom

• 08/2019 – 08/2021: Clinical Psychologist at Dr. Lam Xuan Dien Neuropsychiatry Clinic, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• 11/2017 – 07/2019: Clinical Psychologist at 1A Hospital, Ly Thuong Kiet, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• 04/2014 – 10/2016: Research Assistant at Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• 05/2011 – 03/2014: Special Education Teacher at Bim Bim Special School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

4. Publications

• Neurodevelopmental outcomes of neonatal tetanus survivors treated in an intensive care unit in Vietnam (2017), BMC Infectious Diseases.

• The impact of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease on neurodevelopment in Vietnamese children (2015), Oxford University.

• An introduction to Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences (2015), OUCRU Youth Magazine.

• Understanding children through projective drawings (2014), OUCRU Youth Magazine.