Dr. Sung Ho Kim, NY Psychoanalyst
New York · 30 years in practice
Dr. Sung Ho Kim focuses on people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and difficult relationship patterns.
License and registration
- Psychoanalyst, New York
- 000245 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1750582086 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English, Korean
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Sung
Dr. Sung Ho Kim focuses on people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and difficult relationship patterns. He offers calm guidance to help someone untangle emotions and figure out what matters to them next.
With plain conversation he helps people find practical steps they can try between sessions. He uses an integrative approach that includes Jungian therapy alongside other methods. Sessions often look like close listening, noticing recurring life themes, and trying small behavior changes that match a person’s values.
Background and approach
Dr. Kim brings thirty years of clinical experience and frames work around each person’s story rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Clients can expect a steady, reflective style that attends to feelings and life history.
He pays attention to attachment patterns and how early losses or abandonment can still shape choices. For people coping with trauma, grief, chronic illness, or caregiving stress, he mixes insight-focused exploration with practical tools to manage symptoms. Dr.
Kim offers therapy in English and Korean, and his practice reflects awareness of cultural factors in emotional life. He practices from New York and accepts international clients. His credential is NY Psychoanalyst 000245, which he holds while continuing clinical work.
People seeking therapy will find help with self-understanding, clearer communication, and step-by-step support for moving through major life transitions. The work aims to balance longer-term exploration with immediate strategies to lessen distress and improve daily functioning.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sung lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- 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
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- 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
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- 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
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sung names
- Jungian Therapy
- 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
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic styles translate to online care
Jungian therapy emphasizes symbols, recurring life themes, and deeper personal meaning; online sessions can use reflective conversation to notice patterns and dreams or life metaphors that matter to the client. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward them while accepting uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. That approach helps with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by turning values into practical actions.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to decide which methods to prioritize based on their goals, experience, and preferences. That may mean combining Jungian exploration with ACT exercises or picking concrete CBT-style techniques for immediate symptom relief.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different routines. Video calls let the therapist and client maintain visual connection for deeper conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, and text or chat can provide shorter check-ins or ongoing reinforcement between sessions. These options make it easier to work around schedules, travel constraints, or time zone differences while keeping therapy practical and accessible.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship difficulties, and also focuses on related issues like attachment, abandonment, and caregiving stress.
What is the therapist's general approach or style?
He combines Jungian-informed exploration with practical techniques from ACT, CBT, and client-centered methods to balance insight and real-life coping skills.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has thirty years of clinical experience working with people facing a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is listed as NY Psychoanalyst 000245 and practices from New York.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Korean, and he accepts international clients for remote work.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is payment and cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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