Services
- Individual
- Family
- Adolescent/Teen
- Group
About My Clients
Sometimes, life can feel like a sea of affliction that brings us confusion, frustration and suffering. I work with clients with anxiety, depression, adjustment/life transitions, relationship struggles, uncertainty, grief and loss, ...and more to make life more manageable and worth living. As a 1.5 generation Korean American woman, I especially enjoy working with Persons of Color, Women of Color, Immigrants, College/graduate students and Young and Emerging adults (late teens to people in 30s).
My Background and Approach
In supporting client’s growth and change, a healthy therapeutic alliance is at the core of my approach and I work to build a genuine, empathic and mutually growth fostering therapeutic relationship. I favor the use of client-centered, strengths-based counseling while integrating core concepts and techniques from evidence-based approaches such as relational cultural, CBT (Cognitive behavioral therapy), ACT (Acceptance and commitment therapy) and DBT (Dialectic behavioral therapy). By utilizing this integrative approach in my clinical work, I can understand clients’ concerns more comprehensively, and I am able to apply a wide range of clinical interventions that are specific to the client's needs. I recognize the importance to understand clients as cultural beings who are experts in their own experience and as individuals who possess inner resources for growth and I strive to empower my clients to develop an internal locus of control and a sense of hope.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
It is my utmost priority to continue incorporating multiculturalism from a social justice perspective in all aspects of my practice, to facilitate inclusivity and accessibility, and to continuously attend to the impact of marginalization and oppression on myself and those around me. I hope to continue to be a voice of social justice for my community as I continue engaging in services that reach out to underserved and “forgotten” populations.