Pacific Islander Therapists in New York, NY
Sowoon Park
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MS
1 Endorsed
Online Only
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It often feels like we live in a fast-paced world where our identities are reduced to our “productivity.” It’s understandable that you may have begun to doubt yourself and neglect your physical and emotional needs. However, we can challenge those negative thoughts to reshape our emotions and behaviors, which can improve our view of self and the quality of our interpersonal relationships.
It often feels like we live in a fast-paced world where our identities are reduced to our “productivity.” It’s understandable that you may have begun to doubt yourself and neglect your physical and emotional needs. However, we can challenge those negative thoughts to reshape our emotions and behaviors, which can improve our view of self and the quality of our interpersonal relationships.
Are you looking to live a more authentic life that celebrates all parts of yourself such as your race, sexuality and gender? If you are hoping to live life with self-confidence and empathy, or if you are looking to find meaning in your personal and professional life, you have come to the right place. My goal is to journey with you to explore the unique intersections of your life, dismantle internalized shame and work towards a more authentic and empowered you.
Are you looking to live a more authentic life that celebrates all parts of yourself such as your race, sexuality and gender? If you are hoping to live life with self-confidence and empathy, or if you are looking to find meaning in your personal and professional life, you have come to the right place. My goal is to journey with you to explore the unique intersections of your life, dismantle internalized shame and work towards a more authentic and empowered you.
Not everyone gets to choose to be a cycle-breaker, but breaking intergenerational curses doesn't mean you have to constantly feel on edge. No one talks about how hard it is to break cycles. You know how to set boundaries, you know how to self-care, but each and every time you say "No" it feels like a shock to your system. Being a cycle-breaker doesn't make you "bad"; it just means you're doing something different. If you're a woman of color who knows what to do, but it still feels like the rug is being pulled out from underneath you each and every time you try something different, you've come to the right place!
Not everyone gets to choose to be a cycle-breaker, but breaking intergenerational curses doesn't mean you have to constantly feel on edge. No one talks about how hard it is to break cycles. You know how to set boundaries, you know how to self-care, but each and every time you say "No" it feels like a shock to your system. Being a cycle-breaker doesn't make you "bad"; it just means you're doing something different. If you're a woman of color who knows what to do, but it still feels like the rug is being pulled out from underneath you each and every time you try something different, you've come to the right place!
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." ~Aristotle~ Talking about your struggles with your close friends and family members can be helpful. But, often, additional support and outside perspective also can help you view those issues in a new light and gain deeper understanding of your challenges. My therapeutic work focuses on what each person wants to achieve through therapy. Some strive to reduce anxiety and lift depression. Others seek therapeutic help for non-mental issues and everyday concerns such as relationships, work, low self-esteem, and dissatisfaction in life.
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." ~Aristotle~ Talking about your struggles with your close friends and family members can be helpful. But, often, additional support and outside perspective also can help you view those issues in a new light and gain deeper understanding of your challenges. My therapeutic work focuses on what each person wants to achieve through therapy. Some strive to reduce anxiety and lift depression. Others seek therapeutic help for non-mental issues and everyday concerns such as relationships, work, low self-esteem, and dissatisfaction in life.
Thank you for visiting my profile. I am a multilingual clinical and high-performance psychologist with extensive experience helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, relationships, and performance-related demands. I strive to create a trusting, non-judgmental, and collaborative relationship that fosters healing, personal growth, and new possibilities within a culturally informed framework. Valuing authenticity and flexibility, I tailor sessions to each individual’s unique needs and goals, ensuring the most effective support for meaningful growth and well-being.
Thank you for visiting my profile. I am a multilingual clinical and high-performance psychologist with extensive experience helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, relationships, and performance-related demands. I strive to create a trusting, non-judgmental, and collaborative relationship that fosters healing, personal growth, and new possibilities within a culturally informed framework. Valuing authenticity and flexibility, I tailor sessions to each individual’s unique needs and goals, ensuring the most effective support for meaningful growth and well-being.
NY & DC Residents Only - My priority is to create a space where you are understood. Many of my clients come to me burnt out from therapy experiences where they couldn’t show up as their full selves, but as your therapist, I want to provide an affirming space so we can redirect all the energy you’ve spent explaining who you are toward progression and healing. I commit to working as hard as you do, walking with you as we build strategies and road maps that lead you to the next favorite version of yourself.
NY & DC Residents Only - My priority is to create a space where you are understood. Many of my clients come to me burnt out from therapy experiences where they couldn’t show up as their full selves, but as your therapist, I want to provide an affirming space so we can redirect all the energy you’ve spent explaining who you are toward progression and healing. I commit to working as hard as you do, walking with you as we build strategies and road maps that lead you to the next favorite version of yourself.
Hi there! My name is Alyssa and I'm a clinical social worker who typically works with individuals who struggle through anxiety, depression, and trauma. I specialize in working with BIPOC communities, especially with Asian-Americans and immigrants and their families. These individuals may be looking to work through their feelings of pressure, familial obligations, guilt, and piety while also navigating different cultures and identities. They want to work on skills to feel more comfortable in their bodies and confident in their sense of self.
Hi there! My name is Alyssa and I'm a clinical social worker who typically works with individuals who struggle through anxiety, depression, and trauma. I specialize in working with BIPOC communities, especially with Asian-Americans and immigrants and their families. These individuals may be looking to work through their feelings of pressure, familial obligations, guilt, and piety while also navigating different cultures and identities. They want to work on skills to feel more comfortable in their bodies and confident in their sense of self.
You are looking to better understand how your intersecting identities (racial, gender, sexuality, etc) & oppressive systems (racism, patriarchy, capitalism, etc) impact your daily lived experiences. You want to, in a safe space, heal and address traumas that stayed with you. You are interested in learning what narratives are limiting your growth, and in replacing them with liberating, nurturing beliefs about yourself. I work closely with members from the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other oppressed communities. I have extensive experience supporting folks working through cultural, generational, and other differences/gaps with loved ones.
You are looking to better understand how your intersecting identities (racial, gender, sexuality, etc) & oppressive systems (racism, patriarchy, capitalism, etc) impact your daily lived experiences. You want to, in a safe space, heal and address traumas that stayed with you. You are interested in learning what narratives are limiting your growth, and in replacing them with liberating, nurturing beliefs about yourself. I work closely with members from the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other oppressed communities. I have extensive experience supporting folks working through cultural, generational, and other differences/gaps with loved ones.
Anxiety, fear, low self-esteem, and depression are issues that often leave people feeling hopeless. These emotional states take a heavy toll on our relationships with our families and our partners. Understanding the body's response to stress is a helpful step in combating anxiety and depression. I help clients to feel more in control of their anxiety by teaching them mindfulness and stress management techniques. Through our work together, you'll learn stress management techniques and build your self esteem so that you can feel more in control of your life. .
Anxiety, fear, low self-esteem, and depression are issues that often leave people feeling hopeless. These emotional states take a heavy toll on our relationships with our families and our partners. Understanding the body's response to stress is a helpful step in combating anxiety and depression. I help clients to feel more in control of their anxiety by teaching them mindfulness and stress management techniques. Through our work together, you'll learn stress management techniques and build your self esteem so that you can feel more in control of your life. .
As someone who identifies within both the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, I intimately understand the challenges we face when trying to find sufficient mental health support. In my approach, I invest in establishing a trusting therapeutic environment where clients feel affirmed, valued, and empowered. My therapy practice also borrows from multiple modalities in order to find the best approach for each client/couple/polycule. Together, we will work to find your strengths, co-create effective coping strategies, and foster holistic & compassionate well-being.
As someone who identifies within both the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, I intimately understand the challenges we face when trying to find sufficient mental health support. In my approach, I invest in establishing a trusting therapeutic environment where clients feel affirmed, valued, and empowered. My therapy practice also borrows from multiple modalities in order to find the best approach for each client/couple/polycule. Together, we will work to find your strengths, co-create effective coping strategies, and foster holistic & compassionate well-being.
I understand how easy it can feel to get stuck in the past or caught in repetitive negative patterns, especially when talking things through with yourself, family, or friends hasn’t led to meaningful change. My goal is not only to help you develop tools to ease symptoms and navigate specific challenges, but also to support a deeper transformation—shifting your personal narrative and fostering sustainable growth.
我理解人很容易被困在过去，或反复陷入相同的负面模式中，尤其是在反复与自己、家人或朋友谈论之后，依然没有带来真正的改变。我的目标不仅是帮助你发展实用的工具，以缓解症状、应对具体挑战，更重要的是支持你进行更深层次的转化——重塑你的个人叙事，促进可持续的成长
I understand how easy it can feel to get stuck in the past or caught in repetitive negative patterns, especially when talking things through with yourself, family, or friends hasn’t led to meaningful change. My goal is not only to help you develop tools to ease symptoms and navigate specific challenges, but also to support a deeper transformation—shifting your personal narrative and fostering sustainable growth.
我理解人很容易被困在过去，或反复陷入相同的负面模式中，尤其是在反复与自己、家人或朋友谈论之后，依然没有带来真正的改变。我的目标不仅是帮助你发展实用的工具，以缓解症状、应对具体挑战，更重要的是支持你进行更深层次的转化——重塑你的个人叙事，促进可持续的成长
Do you find yourself obsessing about that date you just went on? Did you anxiously delete the apps a few days after redownloading them? Do you sometimes worry your partner might leave once they get to know the real you? I'm Tyler, a gay, multicultural therapist & I'm here to help.
I work with adults working to heal relational trauma, including those looking to develop more secure attachments. I also support queer, intercultural, and recently married couples working on improving communication and intimacy. Our early relationships can teach us to anticipate instability and pain. As adults, we sometimes replicate these dynamics.
Do you find yourself obsessing about that date you just went on? Did you anxiously delete the apps a few days after redownloading them? Do you sometimes worry your partner might leave once they get to know the real you? I'm Tyler, a gay, multicultural therapist & I'm here to help.
I work with adults working to heal relational trauma, including those looking to develop more secure attachments. I also support queer, intercultural, and recently married couples working on improving communication and intimacy. Our early relationships can teach us to anticipate instability and pain. As adults, we sometimes replicate these dynamics.
I am a licensed psychologist in New York, Florida and Connecticut and certified by PSYPACT to provide telehealth services to clients in states participating in PSYPACT. I provide treatment for adolescents and adults across the lifespan using cognitive behavior therapy. Treatment is time-limited, goal-directed and structured. My approach is collaborative, respectful, compassionate and logical. I introduce ways to actively cope when in distress, how to gain broader perspective, improve problem-solving skills, and develop the confidence to persevere when dealing with life's various challenges.
I am a licensed psychologist in New York, Florida and Connecticut and certified by PSYPACT to provide telehealth services to clients in states participating in PSYPACT. I provide treatment for adolescents and adults across the lifespan using cognitive behavior therapy. Treatment is time-limited, goal-directed and structured. My approach is collaborative, respectful, compassionate and logical. I introduce ways to actively cope when in distress, how to gain broader perspective, improve problem-solving skills, and develop the confidence to persevere when dealing with life's various challenges.
I specialize in helping high-achieving professionals who feel stuck, burned out, or disconnected from themselves and others. As a relational psychotherapist, I believe healing and change happen through relationships, including the one you have with yourself. In therapy, we build a co-created alliance where you feel seen, supported, and meaningfully challenged to grow. Together, we’ll unpack the beliefs and internal roadblocks that keep you disconnected from your core self and feeling stuck.
I specialize in helping high-achieving professionals who feel stuck, burned out, or disconnected from themselves and others. As a relational psychotherapist, I believe healing and change happen through relationships, including the one you have with yourself. In therapy, we build a co-created alliance where you feel seen, supported, and meaningfully challenged to grow. Together, we’ll unpack the beliefs and internal roadblocks that keep you disconnected from your core self and feeling stuck.
I enjoy working with college and graduate students and adults who are interested in exploring their identity, purpose and life. I specialize in Asian and Asian American, transracial adoptees, and LGBTQ clients. I also enjoy working with creative people, including writers and artists. Their issues, needs and goals might include academic struggles, career decisions, family and relationship issues, as well as immigration and assimilation concerns. My clients typically seek therapy to find relief from anxiety, depression, relationship stress, trauma and work block.
I enjoy working with college and graduate students and adults who are interested in exploring their identity, purpose and life. I specialize in Asian and Asian American, transracial adoptees, and LGBTQ clients. I also enjoy working with creative people, including writers and artists. Their issues, needs and goals might include academic struggles, career decisions, family and relationship issues, as well as immigration and assimilation concerns. My clients typically seek therapy to find relief from anxiety, depression, relationship stress, trauma and work block.
Finding the right therapist is so important, but I also know that this process can feel daunting. I'm here to help simplify the process! Message me or visit my website where you can book a Free 15-minute Video Consultation. Let's get started!
Finding the right therapist is so important, but I also know that this process can feel daunting. I'm here to help simplify the process! Message me or visit my website where you can book a Free 15-minute Video Consultation. Let's get started!
You have appeared ok, but deep inside stressed for quite a while. You have thought about therapy, but either mental health is too much a topic to face, or you find it too hard to find a therapist who can really understand your culture and speak your language. So you decided to suffer silently. You searched Dr. Google many times too, and worried that your situation could get much worse if you don't find the right therapist to help you. Wait no more. Our psychotherapists are here to help.
You have appeared ok, but deep inside stressed for quite a while. You have thought about therapy, but either mental health is too much a topic to face, or you find it too hard to find a therapist who can really understand your culture and speak your language. So you decided to suffer silently. You searched Dr. Google many times too, and worried that your situation could get much worse if you don't find the right therapist to help you. Wait no more. Our psychotherapists are here to help.
Openness to exploring your past can lead to the change you are seeking for the present. You want to make a change, but don’t know where to start? Maybe you feel stuck in an endless cycle of anxiety and depression, or overwhelmed by the daily pressures of balancing work, relationships, and everything in between. Perhaps attending to others’ feelings and demands prevents you from prioritizing your own well-being and sense of self-worth. Additionally, having daily stressors pile up can make it challenging to notice things that are working well in your life.
Openness to exploring your past can lead to the change you are seeking for the present. You want to make a change, but don’t know where to start? Maybe you feel stuck in an endless cycle of anxiety and depression, or overwhelmed by the daily pressures of balancing work, relationships, and everything in between. Perhaps attending to others’ feelings and demands prevents you from prioritizing your own well-being and sense of self-worth. Additionally, having daily stressors pile up can make it challenging to notice things that are working well in your life.
You know where you want to go, but you're not sure how to get there. We've all been there before. Life is a tricky thing and presents us with so many unique challenges and difficulties. Whether you're feeling stuck, alone or ready for change, I want to work with you to build a better life and become a better version of yourself.
You know where you want to go, but you're not sure how to get there. We've all been there before. Life is a tricky thing and presents us with so many unique challenges and difficulties. Whether you're feeling stuck, alone or ready for change, I want to work with you to build a better life and become a better version of yourself.
As a Filipina-American, I have a particular interest in supporting people in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, as we are uniquely impacted by immigration, family, and intergenerational dynamics.
With experience in medical settings supporting individuals and families facing chronic illness, I use expertise in palliative care and grief counseling. Through evidence-based modalities like CBT, DBT, and meaning-centered therapy, we’ll explore thought patterns and behaviors. Together, we'll set realistic goals to deepen trust in yourself to achieve them.
As a Filipina-American, I have a particular interest in supporting people in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, as we are uniquely impacted by immigration, family, and intergenerational dynamics.
With experience in medical settings supporting individuals and families facing chronic illness, I use expertise in palliative care and grief counseling. Through evidence-based modalities like CBT, DBT, and meaning-centered therapy, we’ll explore thought patterns and behaviors. Together, we'll set realistic goals to deepen trust in yourself to achieve them.
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What are the advantages of seeing a Pacific Islander therapist?
For many Pacific Islander individuals, working with a provider who shares or respects their cultural background can foster a deeper sense of trust and connection in the therapeutic process—an essential foundation for effective care. A significant barrier to mental health treatment for many Pacific Islander individuals is the stigma that may be associated with seeking therapy. A culturally aligned therapist can help reduce this stigma and normalize the therapeutic process.
Pacific Islander therapists may also be especially well-equipped to address issues that affect Pacific Islander communities, such as historical trauma, intergenerational grief, and cultural identity—factors that deeply influence mental health experiences. Providers who personally identify as Pacific Islander may incorporate traditional healing practices, spiritual beliefs, and community-based approaches that align with Pacific Islander values.
Additionally, Pacific Islander therapists can serve as important sources of representation within the mental health field and may be familiar with culturally relevant resources, support networks, or other trusted providers who understand the unique experiences of Pacific Islander populations. As a result, they are often well positioned to offer referrals and collaborate with other professionals, helping to ensure care that honors both clinical best practices and cultural traditions.
Pacific Islander therapists may also be especially well-equipped to address issues that affect Pacific Islander communities, such as historical trauma, intergenerational grief, and cultural identity—factors that deeply influence mental health experiences. Providers who personally identify as Pacific Islander may incorporate traditional healing practices, spiritual beliefs, and community-based approaches that align with Pacific Islander values.
Additionally, Pacific Islander therapists can serve as important sources of representation within the mental health field and may be familiar with culturally relevant resources, support networks, or other trusted providers who understand the unique experiences of Pacific Islander populations. As a result, they are often well positioned to offer referrals and collaborate with other professionals, helping to ensure care that honors both clinical best practices and cultural traditions.
How to find a Pacific Islander therapist?
Psychology Today’s online directory is a useful tool for finding a Pacific Islander therapist. You can filter for providers who identify as Pacific Islander or who mention working with Pacific Islander populations and highlight cultural competence in their profiles. Look for signs such as experience with Pacific Islander communities, familiarity with cultural and spiritual practices, or a focus on trauma-informed and community-centered care. Depending on your preferences and needs, it may also be important to ask whether a provider offers telehealth, which therapeutic approaches they use, and whether they accept your insurance.
If you're unable to find a therapist who personally identifies as Pacific Islander, you may also consider providers who have experience working with Pacific Islander clients or who demonstrate a clear commitment to cultural knowledge and respect for Pacific Islander values and traditions. You might also consider a blended approach—for example, seeing a therapist for talk therapy while also working with a member of the Pacific Islander community for more culturally-specific support.
If you're unable to find a therapist who personally identifies as Pacific Islander, you may also consider providers who have experience working with Pacific Islander clients or who demonstrate a clear commitment to cultural knowledge and respect for Pacific Islander values and traditions. You might also consider a blended approach—for example, seeing a therapist for talk therapy while also working with a member of the Pacific Islander community for more culturally-specific support.