BIPOC female therapist sitting on a wooden stool, wearing glasses, a black sweater, black pants, and checkered slip-on shoes, smiling against a white background.

Hi! I’m MaiLinh.

Pronouns: she/her
How to say my name: “my-LIN”

I’m a licensed couple and family therapist serving folks in South Seattle as well as Washingtonians via telehealth.

I recognize dysfunctional patterns can be hard to break, and change can be not only hard, but also scary. I work with clients to explore what beliefs, behaviors and patterns are getting in the way of their healing, healthy relationships, and growth. My goal is to work alongside and be with my clients with openness, curiosity, and compassion for each individual’s story, cultural practices, values, and goals.

My experience growing up and navigating predominantly White spaces holding the identities that I do motivates me to help my clients examine and unpack internalized oppression and explore the various intersections of their identities.

Education, Memberships and Certifications

Education

  • M.A. in Couple & Family Therapy, Antioch University Seattle, 2024

  • B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, University of California Santa Cruz, 2013

Professional Affiliations

Trainings

  • Discernment Counseling Training, The Doherty Relationship Institute, 2026

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Level 1 & 2, The Gottman Institute, 2025

  • Immigration and Acculturation for Asians in the Counseling Context, Antioch University Seattle, 2023

  • Internalized Oppression, Antioch University Seattle, 2023

  • Loss and Grief, Antioch University Seattle, 2022

Awards & Recognition

My Approach

  • Solution-focused Therapy

    We’ll focus on what’s working and the changes you want to make. Together, we’ll set clear goals and take small, practical steps toward them — building hope and confidence along the way.

  • Experiential Therapy

    This approach helps you connect with what you’re feeling in the moment. By tuning into your emotions, you can better understand yourself and create meaningful, lasting change.

  • Gottman Couples Therapy

    For couples, I use various tools and resources from the Gottman Method to strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and deepen connection. It’s about learning to really listen, repair, and grow together.

  • Narrative Therapy

    We’ll look at the stories you tell about yourself and your life, and explore new ways to tell them. This process helps you see your strengths, shift old patterns, and create a richer story that reflects not only who you are, but who you want to be.

Whether working with individuals or couples, I always adjust and collaborate with you on what feels useful and supportive all while applying a systemic lens to your unique challenges and goals for treatment.

My approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and centered on our shared humanity. This means engaging in genuine, human-to-human interactions, often with a touch of humor.

I believe healing takes many forms, and therapy with me is grounded in honesty and authenticity.

Outside of being a therapist, I’m also:

  • a West-coast transplant-turned-Washington-local

  • surprisingly Texan

  • a new mom

  • a cooking and baking enthusiast

  • an amateur gardener

  • a daughter of a Vietnamese/Chinese immigrant

  • in therapy myself

  • (most importantly) human just like you.