Mijin Kim

Dr. Mijin Kim is a licensed psychotherapist in New York State with office location in Hartsdale, Westchester. She has over 28 years of clinical experience in working with a variety of clients in private practice as well as inpatient and outpatient healthcare facilities and also school settings. In her private practice, Dr. Kim offers individual therapy, couple therapy, and family therapy. She also offers teletherapy sessions.

Dr. Kim specializes in helping adolescents and adults with various origins and types of anxiety, depression, and trauma, with associated behavioral issues including substance abuse, eating disorders, and other addiction issues. She also works with those with relationship and family issues, sexuality and gender issues, and other social adjustment issues. She appreciates working with clients who strive for various goals in life but have difficulties achieving them because of certain kinds of internal inhibitions or circumstantial challenges. It is one of Dr. Kim's clinical emphases to help clients understand and overcome their psychological blockages and reconnect with their intrinsic motivations so that they can make choices and putting them into actions with clarity and confidence.

Dr. Kim utilizes a combination of psychodynamic approaches based in relational, analytical, and existential psychology in conjunction with CBT and DBT with focus on mindfulness. She also employs EMDR, IFS, EFT, Imago Therapy, ACT, psychodrama, and other creative therapeutic modalities such as music, art, and play. She additionally specializes in CBT-I (CBT for insomnia).