Dr. Sung Ho Kim, NY Psychoanalyst
New York · 30 years in practice
Dr. Sung Ho Kim helps people manage worry, grief, relationship strain, and long-standing emotional pain.
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 helps people manage worry, grief, relationship strain, and long-standing emotional pain. He has 30 years of clinical experience and practices in New York.
Dr. Kim speaks English and Korean and works with individuals from many backgrounds. He focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
Sessions often include talking through painful memories, noticing patterns that cause distress, and trying new ways of handling strong emotions.
Background and approach
He draws on therapies that teach skills for emotion regulation and clearer communication. Dr. Kim also uses approaches that pay attention to how early bonds shape present relationships.
That can help when fears of abandonment, attachment struggles, or identity questions make connection hard. He pays attention to each person's life story and cultural background when forming a plan. Many people come for help with depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and grief.
Other areas he addresses include body image, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and challenges that come with aging or adoption and foster care histories. He supports people coping with complex, overlapping issues. In sessions he blends practical skill work with deeper talking therapy.
He helps clients set realistic goals and practice new responses between meetings. The aim is increased resilience, clearer relationships, and greater ease managing everyday stress.
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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- 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
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian 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
Evidence-informed approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It teaches practical ways to allow difficult thoughts and feelings while moving toward a meaningful life, which can help with depression, anxiety, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and lift mood. This approach is useful for stress, worry, and many mood concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and preferences and then tailor a plan that may combine methods. This is a collaborative process aimed at matching techniques to the client’s needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can work well for short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
He works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. He also focuses on areas like abandonment, body image, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and aging issues.
What is the therapeutic style like?
The approach mixes skill-based methods and deeper talking therapy. Sessions may include emotion regulation skills, communication work, and exploring life history to understand current patterns.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 30 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and relational issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is listed as NY Psychoanalyst 000245 and practices in New York.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and Korean. He accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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