Dr. Young Ran Kim is a licensed psychoanalyst in NY and a licensed clinical psychologist in South Korea. Her therapeutic approach is rooted in a psychodynamic and psychoanalytic orientation. She works with adults, children, and adolescents.
I work with patients from a psychodynamic or psychoanalytic approach. Not just to reduce distress, but to help people live with more freedom, self-understanding, and authentic connection—less caught in old, unconscious patterns, and more able to create a life that feels truly their own.
Emotional suffering and pain originate from the early childhood experiences that shape our minds. The haunted ghost from our past takes residence in our minds so that we repeat unhealthy patterns and continue suffering and pain. How can we free ourselves from the ghost spell? By providing a holding environment and sharing my genuine curiosity and psychoanalytic understanding, I help my patients sever the tie to the ghost from the past and break the spell. Insights into the root of their symptoms and difficulties, and a new experience in a therapeutic relationship, lead to psychological change, greater freedom, and enriched lives.
