Linh-ly Vinh

From the age of 3 to 17, my entire world revolved around becoming a ballet dancer: rigorous training, a tailored school environment, an unwavering focus. I never envisioned another path until I began to struggle mentally and realized my love for dance had slowly slipped away. At 17, the doubt grew into something I couldn't ignore, leaving me with questions I'd never had to ask before: What do I do now? Who am I without ballet?
The grief was real, but so was something unexpected: space. For the first time, I arrived at college not as a dancer, but simply as myself. An Intro to Psychology class changed everything. Something about understanding the way people think, feel, and make meaning clicked in a way nothing had since ballet. I didn't just find a major; I found a direction that aligned with who I was becoming.
That path eventually led me to become a therapist and open my own practice, where I get to sit with people navigating their own hard questions and transitions. My dance background shaped more than I realized: the discipline, the relationship with my body, the experience of building an identity and then having to rebuild it. I bring all of that into the room.