Deborah Kim LMFT

Relational/psychodynamic therapy for anxiety and trauma.

I provide individual counseling to adults with anxiety, trauma and identity issues and couples with communication difficulties. I'm warm, interactive and tenacious about decreasing your pain and stress, and helping you live the life you want. We will find both short term and long term solutions to attain your goals.

I'm specially trained in depth therapy, trauma, DBT, mindfulness and social justice issues. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, I hold a systems view, meaning we will look at the varying sets of relationships you coexist in (family, partnership, work, friendships etc.). I blend evidence-based treatments with contemporary psychoanalytic theory to offer effective therapy solutions with conjoint critical thinking.

As a woman of color, working with POC (people of color) and people with marginalized identities is very important to me in support of the difficulties of living in two worlds and the stresses of systemic (race, gender, sexuality, class and more) oppression. I believe therapy is a dynamic two-participant process; I aim NOT to be a “blank” slate and say nothing. In fact, therapy is a place to bring awareness to, heal and challenge ways we have been forced to assimilate and bear oppression. I welcome these challenges in session and aim to hold humility so you can feel safe and courageous to know yourself deeply.

See more at www.deborahkimlmft.com and contact me at 510-859-7912 for a free phone consultation.

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