Rachel Tam Nguyen

Rachel Tam Nguyen Humanistic Counsellor providing a holistic approach to mental and emotional well-being.

11/11/2025

The surprise and relief isn't just that they're capable, but that we are often in the way of them discovering other strengths and gifts.

Often, it's guilt and fear about abandoning others that binds us to overfunctioning, rescuing, and fixing tendencies.

It's also common to not know how else to be in someone's life if you've based your worth on caretaking and anticipating their needs (whether that's projected or accurate).

✨ So tell me and the community, if you've been able to stop - how did you do it?!

🙋🏻‍♀️I'm Rachel, a culturally sensitive trauma therapist for overfunctioners: people who chronically feel compelled to people-please and overexert in relationships.

🧬If you'd like help changing your relationship to guilt, so you can prioritize yourself with ease and have relationships where you actually matter too,

🔗 Link to book a discovery call in the bio or comment FREE CALL


04/11/2025

You can care about someone AND let them manage their own discomfort, whilst giving yourself the time to pause, ground yourself before you respond with what you have to give.

You're not a bad person for struggling with the care you want to provide but may not always be able to nor want to when it's inappropriate.

You're allowed to respond when you're ready, not when their anxiety (or yours) demands it.

I'm Rachel, a trauma-informed therapist for overfunctioners - people who chronically feel compelled to rescue and fix others.

I help you change your relationship to guilt, so you can prioritize yourself with ease and have relationships where you actually matter too.

🎊 Give this a like if you will use this mantra
📂Save this reminder for the next time you feel that pull to immediately fix it.
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04/11/2025

You can care about someone AND let them manage their own discomfort, whilst giving yourself the time to pause, ground yourself before you respond with what you have to give.

You're not a bad person for struggling with the care you want to provide but may not always be able to nor want to when it's inappropriate.

You're allowed to respond when you're ready, not when their anxiety (or yours) demands it.

I'm Rachel, a trauma-informed therapist for overfunctioners - people who chronically feel compelled to rescue and fix others.

I help you change your relationship to guilt, so you can prioritize yourself with ease and have relationships where you actually matter too.

🎊 Give this a like if you will use this mantra
📂Save this reminder for the next time you feel that pull to immediately fix it.
🌿 Follow for more tips!

Boo! 👻 It's a spooky world for the Parentified, and children of Emotionally Immature Parents🫨
31/10/2025

Boo! 👻

It's a spooky world for the Parentified, and children of Emotionally Immature Parents🫨

20/10/2025

The Earth holds wisdom, in its soil, its seasons, its capacity to renew. 🌍

It doesn’t rush to heal after a storm, it just begins again, quietly, naturally, in rhythm.

Our bodies are no different. They too remember. They too know how to mend, even when confusion, pain, or trauma make us forget. Beneath the layers of tension and story, there’s a deep intelligence within us that never stopped guiding the way.

Somatic work helps us return to that knowing. It’s not about “fixing” what’s broken, it’s about reconnecting with the body’s rhythm, the same one that mirrors the pulse of the Earth. Through breath, sensation, and gentle awareness, we begin to listen differently, and in that listening, something softens.

Healing, then, becomes less of a task and more of a remembering, a coming home to what has always been wise, capable, and whole. 🌿

Your body knows how to heal. Trust that ancient rhythm within you.

20/10/2025

Sometimes, the reasons behind the avoidance of help are valid and we have the power to heal. Receiving help is a way to invite others to be there for us.

Which of these are true for you?

You didn’t have to be a parent to your parents to feel like you had to grow up fast.Growing up too soon takes many forms...
06/08/2025

You didn’t have to be a parent to your parents to feel like you had to grow up fast.

Growing up too soon takes many forms, and not all of them are easy to spot, as society often praises the traits that emerge as a result of having to grow up fast whilst the impact flies under the radar.

If you frequently felt like you had to stay alert for scary things, to read the mood of the room, to be small, to hold it all together. Then likely you weren’t just "helping out", you were holding it all together.

You had to grow up fast, because there was no safety and space for you to fall apart.

You were a child, but your world asked for more: To be the caregiver. The emotional anchor. The quiet one who didn’t add to the load.

While other kids played, you were scanning.
While others were messy and loud, you were composed and capable.

And that’s a loss worth grieving.
The innocence, the lightness, the mischief.
All the things you put away to survive.

If you’re tired now, it makes sense.
If you struggle to ask for help, it makes sense.
If you still carry a deep, invisible pressure to keep everything from falling apart, that makes sense too.

You were never meant to carry so much, so young. And you’re allowed to lay it down now. You deserve the support to help you do so, without losing your caring nature.

🌿 Ready to begin your healing journey?
Click the link in my bio to book a free discovery call

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The emotional anchor. The one others leaned on while you tried to keep your own head above water, stifling your own conf...
14/07/2025

The emotional anchor. The one others leaned on while you tried to keep your own head above water, stifling your own confusion and fears about the world.

You were the one who listened, soothed, showed up, even when your own heart was breaking.

And sometimes, the grief sneaks in, not just for what happened, but for what never did. The noticing, the nurturing and the right to be a child.

When rescuing and fixing becomes your identity, it’s easy to forget you were a child, not a caregiver.

Unlearning these patterns isn’t selfish. It’s the slow, sacred work of coming home to yourself.

CTA:
✨ If this resonates, you’re not alone. I support adults healing from parentification, enmeshment and relational trauma.
💌 To explore 1:1 sessions with me, visit the link in my bio.






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