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About
Arnaud Guibert

Psychotherapist, Coach & Former Artist
— Ho Chi Minh City

Portrait d’Arnaud Guibert, psychothérapeute, coach et formateur en intelligence émotionnelle, créativité et communication authentique, basé à Ho Chi Minh-Ville.

My Life Journey

 

My path wasn’t laid out in advance. It began in hardship, opened through the world of art, and gradually led me toward therapy and coaching. At every stage, one conviction grew stronger: we carry infinite resources for transformation and creativity.    

 This belief guides my work with individuals, teams, and communities.

 

From Art to Therapy :
A Passage from Shadow to Light

A foundational experience

My journey toward accompaniment began when I was living on the streets,

in a time of great instability.
A simple and unexpected experience revealed something essential to me:

human potential is far greater than we imagine.

The discovery that changed everything

After a chaotic childhood and adolescence, I was convinced that I had “no talent.”
I believed that “artistic gifts” were reserved for a few lucky ones at birth.

Then one day, I came across a street juggler and asked him to teach me.
To my great surprise, I discovered that I was capable—me, who thought I was “good for nothing.”

That revelation shook my vision of myself and of the world.
I told myself: if I can do it, then anyone can. And they must know it!

The awakening of a vocation

After only two days of practice, I was already mastering a few tricks.
I thought: if I know ten, I can pass on five.

What mattered was not creating jugglers, but showing that certain beliefs keep us trapped and prevent us from even trying.
Experience itself allows those limiting beliefs to be organically transformed.

With hindsight, I realize that my profession as a coach began that very day: guiding people to discover their hidden treasures.

A Career in the Service of Transmission

Throughout my life as an artist, I continued to transmit alongside performing.
Every encounter was an opportunity to share this certainty: potential lies dormant within each of us, and sometimes all it takes is one experience or one form of support to awaken it.​

This founding lesson still nourishes my approach as a coach and therapist today.

I had the chance to work as a performing artist in psychiatric clinics for about ten years.
There, I discovered the transformative power of art to support people through deeply challenging times..
I understood that these practices could, in complement to medical and therapeutic support, be of immense help.To give meaning to what I was naturally doing, I trained in NLP.
It allowed me to deeply understand my practices and go even further.

My curiosity about the human being naturally led me to become a psychotherapist:

coaching was the visible part of the iceberg, but I wanted to explore the submerged part.

I myself began therapeutic work at the age of 25 — and it is not finished yet.
Whenever I feel the need, I call my therapist.

Because every stage of our lives brings trials, and it is precious to be accompanied while moving through them.

My Arrival in Vietnam

 

In 2018, I sold everything to travel and seek a new meaning in my life.
I deeply loved my work, but the environment in which I was practicing no longer suited me: administration was taking up too much space.

Vietnam was not planned in my journey… and yet, as soon as I put my suitcases down, I felt as if I had come “home”a home both unknown and strangely familiar.

Today, I live and work in Ho Chi Minh City.
I accompany both Vietnamese and expatriates, in therapy as well as in coaching.

Every day, I observe that beyond cultures and languages, what connects us is stronger than what separates us: the search for peace, meaning, and authentic connection.

Expertise & Training

🎓 Therapeutic Hypnosis — Master Practitioner, Humanistic Hypnosis & Advanced Symbolic Therapy (IFHE Paris)


🎓 Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) — Master Practitioner, trained by Anne Pierard (Institut Ressources, Belgium)


🎓 Foundations of Helping Relationships:  

  • Psychoanalytic & psychodynamic approaches

  •  Jungian analysis; transactional analysis

  • Psychopathology & personality disorders

🎓 Coaching & Personal Development Certified Life Coach (Persona Method, PACE Group); 25 years of artistic coaching integrating body and emotions

Philosophy

 

I believe:


• We already hold the keys to our transformation
• Creativity is a direct gateway to inner resources
• Kindness and authenticity enable lasting change

I still consider myself an apprentice of life, with curiosity and wonder—

an attitude that nourishes my practice every day.

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