John Kim LMFT

John Kim, LMFT, is also known as The Angry Therapist. He is the author of I Used To Be A Miserable F*ck and Single. On Purpose; host of the podcast, The Angry Therapist Podcast, and co-founder of Lumia–Life Coach Training and Community.

As he was going through an expired relationship, Kim created a blog on Tumblr and titled his first post “My F--ing Feelings.” He named his blog "The Angry Therapist" and started documenting his journey post-divorce. Even though he was a licensed therapist, John chose not to present himself that way. He preferred the language of “me too” as opposed to “you should.” He blogged about his shortcomings, revelations, and views on relationships, the self-help business, and the world. He found CrossFit, bought a motorcycle, and started coaching people in unconventional ways. Through this process, he came up with his own concepts. But most importantly, he took a very different approach, once frowned upon by a rigid therapy world. He practiced transparency. People keep asking him why he calls himself "The Angry Therapist." His reply: It’s my way of saying I’m human.

The Angry Therapist has become a place to find support no matter where you are or what you’re going through. It’s a place where definitions of our common human struggles are based largely on experiencing life and allowing it to break and heal us. This is very different from labels applied by learning about suffering in textbooks. It is a growing team of therapists and life coaches all over the world who are practicing transparency, living as the truest versions of themselves, continually growing, and, in this process, becoming Catalysts. It is also a school teaching this new way of helping others and supporting them in that journey. The Angry Therapist is a lifestyle.

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