Helen Kwon Kalanithi

LMFT, PhD, MFT

I provide therapy & Brainspotting for highly sensitive (HSP), high-achieving creatives, empaths, and professionals from diverse experiences.

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in , CA

Services
  • Individual

About My Clients

You are a high performer---maybe even the go-to person for other people. Perhaps you identify as an introvert, empath, creative, changemaker, or healer. You feel deeply, and you are concerned about others. Outwardly, you’ve held it together, worked hard to keep others happy. But inside, you're exhausted, frustrated with yourself and others, feeling unseen. You don’t have to do this work alone, amidst the existential grief of the pandemic and persisting inequalities. I'm here for you. I relate.

My Background and Approach

Together, we can bring relief to your stress from early life, other people, unjust systems-- and now, the pandemic, the collective losses, the unrest. Using mindfulness and somatic, integrative approaches, we can help you to connect to your grounded deeper self, and shift into a life that feels more authentic, connected, confident, even joyful.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I’ve walked this path too. An introvert, highly sensitive person (HSP), second-generation immigrant, and therapist of color, I’ve grappled over the years with the complexity of not easily fitting into pre-made boxes. Having spent time in academic public health research, where I received my doctorate, as well as decades of leadership in community-based social change efforts, I understand the challenges of work/life balance and burnout – as well as the unrelenting yearning for and possibilities of creating an authentic and meaningful life.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Brainspotting Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
Other Techniques
  • Attachment Theory
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Family Systems
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Trauma Therapy

Issues I Treat

Other Issues
  • Aging Concerns
  • Attachment
  • Burnout
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Immigration/Acculturation
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Racial Identity
  • Self-Esteem
  • Spirituality
  • Systemic Oppression Therapy
  • Teen Issues
  • Women's Issues
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Out of Network
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Agnosticism
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Multifaith

At A Glance

  • Experience: 9 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $275 - 275/session

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