Dr. Sung Ho Kim, NY Psychoanalyst
New York · 30 years in practice
Dr. Sung Ho Kim helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and trauma.
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 facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and trauma. He brings 30 years of clinical experience to sessions and meets clients in English or Korean.
He is listed as NY Psychoanalyst 000245 and practices from New York. He uses a blend of approaches to match what each person needs. Sessions focus on what feels most pressing in daily life.
Conversations cover feelings, patterns, and practical steps to manage symptoms and improve relationships.
Background and approach
Dr. Kim pays close attention to attachment and how early experiences shape current reactions. He also draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas to notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clients clarify values and take actions that matter to them. People often come for help with complicated losses, long-standing anxiety, persistent low mood, or trouble trusting others. He also supports people navigating adoption and foster care issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and identity questions related to culture and background.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical. Work may include learning coping skills, trying new ways of interacting, and making step-by-step plans to reach personal goals. The therapist adjusts pace and focus to each person’s needs and preferences.
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
- Systemic 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
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 approaches translate to online care
Systemic Therapy views a person within their relationships and routines. Online work uses this lens to notice how interactions, roles, and daily patterns affect emotions and behavior, which helps with relationship strain, caregiving stress, and blended family concerns.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action. In remote sessions this can mean short experiential exercises, mindfulness practices, and value-based goal setting that clients practice between meetings to reduce anxiety and increase purpose.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape trust and emotional responses. Through conversation and focused reflection, the therapist helps people identify attachment patterns and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust methods based on the client’s goals, responses, and daily life. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps the person move forward.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make shorter check-ins and ongoing support possible between sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and related issues such as abandonment, attachment problems, body image, and caregiving stress.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
Work is collaborative and practical, blending systemic thinking with acceptance and cognitive-behavioral tools. Sessions balance talking about history with trying concrete coping strategies.
What is his clinical background?
He has 30 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges and brings that long-term experience to current sessions.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
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 to support bilingual clients.
Can international clients work with him?
International clients are accepted and can access sessions from outside the United States.
What session formats are offered?
He meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How do subscriptions and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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