Loan Vo, Ph.D. '24

Phuongloan (Loan) Vo (she/her) is a clinical social worker whose work include short term and in-depth long term psychosocial therapy for individuals who struggle with anxiety, depression, traumatic experiences, as well as loss and grief and life transitions.

Being a refugee and immigrant to the United States as an adolescent from Vietnam, she understands well the challenges and opportunities that come with new experiences and the need to adapt and live with change. In previous “lifetimes”, she has worked in residential counseling for female adolescents, crisis and suicide hotline and Children’s Services. Her life and work experiences inform her creative and scholarly writings. Current research interests include intersubjectivity and intercultural processes in clinical work, mental health and trauma treatment in minoritized and marginalized people.

She teaches clinical social work at University of Cincinnati School of Social Work and Smith College School for Social Work. She is a recipient of the “Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award” from the University of Cincinnati in 2023.