Dr. Sung Ho Kim
Psychoanalyst
About Sung
As a licensed psychoanalyst in New York, I bring 30 years of compassionate clinical experience supporting individuals through diverse life challenges. My approach is holistic and integrative, drawing from extensive expertise in addressing depression, anxiety, relationship dynamics, trauma recovery, and grief counseling.
I specialize in creating a supportive environment where clients can explore complex emotional landscapes, including issues related to self-love, communication, social anxiety, life purpose, and personal growth. My practice honors the unique experiences of individuals across various backgrounds, with a deep commitment to understanding multicultural perspectives and personal narratives.
My therapeutic work spans a wide range of focus areas, from workplace challenges and relationship dynamics to navigating significant life transitions. I am dedicated to helping clients develop meaningful coping strategies, build emotional resilience, and cultivate deeper self-understanding.
With professional proficiency in both English and Korean, I strive to provide culturally sensitive and personalized therapeutic support that meets each client’s individual needs and goals.
What Sung helps with
- Depression
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Sung works
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Dr. Kim is the best!! He gives you better outlooks on how to tackle this thing called life! I am better, wiser and stronger because of God and Him💕”
- “Dr. Kim is knowledgeable, kind, and, I believe, very attuned as a clinician.”
- “Dr. Kim is a great listener and wants to help! He comes up with new perspectives and different angles to look at things and gives homework at the end of the session to make you think and discover more about yourself. It has been a pleasure thus far!”
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- “Dr. Kim is great!”
- “Dr. Kim is incredible. A true thinker and unbiased.”
- “Dr. Kim is very understanding and like minded.”
- “Dr. Kim gives you clarity on how to look at different situations and is very helpful to my emotional wellbeing!”
- “Fantastic”
- “Dr. Kim was kind, understanding and listened. It was hard to explain things, and will be in only three sessions.”
- “Most patient person.”
- “very understanding and has great insight, just had one session so we are still gaging but so far so good”
- “He understood what I was coping with immediately. I didn’t have to say a lot. He’s a treasure to this platform.”
- “Dr. Kim does a great job bridging spiritual and natural elements of emotional and spiritual health. I am a patient who seeks understanding of how religion and faith and mental health all come together, and Dr. Kim answered so many questions for me. My psychological and religious well-being are better for it.”
- “Dr Kim is amazing. Very sharp and cuts through the non sense quickly. Very very good”
- “I feel very supported and understood with Dr. Kim. He listens and offers steps and suggestions without it feeling too forceful. He really helps me to better understand the pacing of life and that things happen day by day, not to rush. I need that sort of support right now.”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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