Dr. Sung Ho Kim, NY Psychoanalyst
New York · 30 years in practice
Dr. Sung Ho Kim focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or facing depression.
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 helping people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or facing depression. He offers a calm, steady presence and helps clients talk through painful memories and current struggles.
Dr. Kim practices in New York and works in both English and Korean. He brings 30 years of clinical experience as a New York psychoanalyst, NY Psychoanalyst 000245.
In sessions he listens for patterns in relationships and emotions, then helps people find practical ways to feel better day to day.
Background and approach
He combines approaches to match what each person needs rather than using a single method for everyone. People often come for help after a loss, through trauma and abuse, or when relationship difficulties cause ongoing stress. He also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiving burden, adoption and foster care questions, and challenges around attachment or commitment.
Work can include reducing social anxiety, improving communication, and managing mood shifts. Dr. Kim uses tools from Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered methods, and cognitive behavior techniques depending on the issue.
Sessions focus on identifying emotions, building coping skills, and trying small changes between meetings. The aim is steadier emotional responses and clearer choices in relationships and life. He places value on cultural context and personal history when planning care.
New clients complete a short intake to help shape goals and next steps.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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
- 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 emotion-focused and flexible online therapy works
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift the core emotions that drive their reactions. In practice it focuses on how feelings shape interaction and personal choices, which can help with grief, anxiety, and relationship patterns.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to clarify values so actions align with what matters. This approach can be useful for stress, depression, and chronic worry. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current emotional needs and trust, and it helps people form more supported ways of relating to others.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Dr. Kim will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and situation. Together they review what helps, adjust techniques over time, and try practical exercises between sessions to track progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper emotional work and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions may fit a tight schedule or lower bandwidth situations. Chat and messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support easier to fit into a busy week.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this therapy address?
Dr. Kim works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, plus related concerns such as attachment issues and caregiving stress.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
He uses an integrative style that focuses on emotions and relationships while teaching practical skills. Sessions blend talking about feelings with exercises to change everyday patterns.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 30 years of clinical practice and extensive experience supporting people through loss, trauma recovery, and long-term emotional concerns.
Where is the therapist based and what are his credentials?
He is based in New York and holds the credential NY Psychoanalyst 000245.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Korean, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are provided?
He meets with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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