Education and clinical training

I earned my PhD in Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I completed my APA-accredited doctoral internship in Health Service Psychology at the Counseling and Student Development Center of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where I provided culturally responsive, goal-oriented care to a diverse island community of young adults.

I later completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Psychology at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. There, I specialized in intensive psychodynamic treatment for people facing political marginalization and economic insecurity. As part of integrated healthcare teams in the public sector, I helped clients address everyday difficulties, major life disruptions, trauma, and serious mental illness.

Identity and perspective

I am a queer Korean American cisgender man whose family history includes cultural preservation, decolonial resistance, and diasporic migration. This background informs my understanding of how inherited social conditions and systems of power shape our sense of self and what we imagine is possible. I approach psychotherapy as a liberating practice—helping clients transform their relationship with themselves and navigate their circumstances critically and with greater agency.

Beyond work

I enjoy time outdoors with family and friends, visual art and live performance, reading, and travel. I use he/him pronouns.