I am a licensed clinician providing telehealth therapy services to clients residing in California, Washington state, and Oregon. I am a second generation Korean American with a former background in literacy, ESL, and English education. I have significant personal and professional experience in navigating issues such as: immigrant cultures (mainly Asian, Pacific Islanders, and Hispanic), life transitions, self esteem, self-identity, anxiety and depression, family conflicts, relationships, parenting, work or career challenges and transitions, academic and social pressures for minors and college students, spirituality, trauma or PTSD, race and gender conflicts, and grief or loss. I also assist clients with behavioral challenges, including substance use, addictions, diet and exercise for healthier lifestyles, obsessive compulsive behaviors, and other issues that might stem from past traumas. My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and solutions-oriented, helping you gain inner strength and courage to move forward in a consistent way. I am passionate about my work and grateful to be considered as a participant on your journey to wholeness.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
The first session includes information gathering, a review of policies and procedures, as well as your unique treatment goals in therapy. If time permits, we will address current and/or urgent needs for why you are seeking therapy at this time. My goal for our first session is for you to have a good understanding of what treatment might look like for you, what to expect while working with me, and some strategies or tools to start with to feel better until our next session.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I have a great deal of lived experiences that definitely shapes the way I do therapy work. It has made me a naturally more reflective, compassionate, and resilient human being, all of which are strengths I bring into my therapy practice. I am able to motivate, encourage, and foster change from a collaborative, affirming, and nurturing space.
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Mindfulness-Based Therapy
I help clients to be more present, aware, focused, and intentional of their thoughts, beliefs, communication, and behaviors. This helps clients to feel more in control, achieve more life balance and relational harmony, and to relieve anxiety, depression, or other mental health symptoms currently being experienced.
Strength-Based
If you have a tendency to minimize your strengths, skills, and abilities, and tend to magnify your problems, stressors, and challenges, I will call out your unique gifts, talents, abilities, and accomplishments in a way that is genuine and sincere. The goal here is for you to be able to acknowledge your own strengths and be able to nurture yourself with more compassion, acceptance, and gratitude.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I often utilize Cognitive Behavior Therapy in my sessions. I believe that a good amount of mental health challenges stem largely from our cognitions (our thoughts and thought processes) and our core beliefs, which then impacts our emotions (feelings) and behaviors (including communication and speech). If we can alter what we think and believe, we can alter our emotional experience, which can then also impact our actions or behaviors. This modality has been very helpful for many of my clients. It is certainly not the best modality for every client, but it has had great positive impact for many of my clients.
Family Therapy
In my work with children and family, I utilize a variety of therapeutic modalities depending on what is needed, including play therapy, parent child interaction therapy, interpersonal therapy, and family therapy. I can work with mature children independently. I can also provide family therapy where child and parent/caregiver are both present. In our intake session, I will discuss this in detail based on your preferences and my professional recommendations.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
When applicable, I will collaborate with you on solutions to identify relevant and applicable strategies for handling current issues. For some clients, treatment may last a short period of time. For other clients, I may refer to other treatment modalities as is clinically appropriate.