Between Our Stories Podcast - Will Vuong - Episode 4

Between Our Stories Podcast - Will Vuong - Episode 4

This episode we chat with Will Vuong.

My name is Will, founder of Wellspring Counselling. I discovered a passion for working one-on-one with my clients while I was a social worker. Wellspring was started to deepen and continue my work in this area.

I was raised by refugee Chinese-Vietnamese parents who had their fair share of poverty, trauma and tragedies. Luckily, in 1979, they migrated to Australia and started their new lives. I was born and in Adelaide, South Australia, and had a comfortable start to life. However, as I grew, issues began to emerge from some unseen, potent source.

I felt deeply divided within as I attempted to navigate a dual Asian Australian identity. Intergenerational trauma, which was passed down from my parents began to affect every aspect of my life. The emotional wounds born from everyday interpersonal challenges seemed relentless. 

The road to self-understanding and healing is not a clearly defined path. I journeyed into my pain and came out relatively unscathed and with stories to tell. My experience of suffering gave me the drive to map out the mysterious ‘terrain of pain’, so that I might help others find their way through.

 

To find out more about Will and The Wellspring Counselling visit: 

https://www.wellspring.net.au/