Dr. Sung Ho Kim, NY Psychoanalyst
New York · 30 years in practice
Dr. Sung Ho Kim helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or 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 helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or difficult relationship patterns. He offers steady, straightforward care and practical ways to cope.
He draws on three decades of clinical experience in New York to guide conversations and shape goals. His sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of him. He encourages honest talk about values, meaning, and the hard feelings that get in the way of living fully.
Background and approach
He also pays attention to attachment and how past relationships shape present reactions. In practice he blends several approaches to suit each person’s needs. That can mean clarifying unhelpful thoughts, practicing new behaviors, or noticing what matters most in life and making changes around those priorities.
He uses gestures from client-centered work to keep the sessions grounded in the person’s perspective. Dr. Kim brings 30 years of clinical experience and works in English and Korean.
He has a New York psychoanalyst credential, NY Psychoanalyst 000245, and uses that background to inform long-term thinking about patterns and meaning. People often come for help with trauma, attachment difficulties, abandonment or adoption-related issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness, or major life transitions.
He aims to help people build clearer directions, more reliable coping skills, and a stronger sense of self over time.
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
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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 therapeutic approaches work online
Existential Therapy looks at questions of meaning, purpose, and personal choice. Online sessions use conversation to help people notice what feels most important, confront difficult feelings, and make values-based decisions about life changes.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches simple skills to accept painful thoughts while committing to actions that fit one’s values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and persistent stress and can include short exercises or homework between sessions.
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships influence current connections and emotional reactions. In online work this approach helps people map their relational patterns and practice different ways of relating to others and to themselves.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and reading nonverbal cues, while phone calls need less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, quick coping reminders, or when a shorter interaction fits a busy day. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Dr. Kim address?
He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and related issues such as abandonment, attachment problems, caregiving stress, and chronic illness.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He blends existential ideas with ACT, attachment-based, client-centered, and CBT approaches to match each person’s needs. Sessions emphasize values, meaning, and practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 30 years of clinical experience working with people on a range of life challenges and long-term patterns.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He holds the credential NY Psychoanalyst 000245 and practices out of New York.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Korean, and he is available to work with international clients as well.
What formats are available for therapy sessions?
Sessions may take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist’s availability.
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