Naomi Kim , LPC

Naomi Kim is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 15 years of clinical experience. She combines military experience as a 14-year Air Force veteran with extensive behavioral health work to support people navigating mood disorders, trauma, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, addiction, and life transitions.

Naomi has spent over a decade working on an inpatient psychiatric unit, building deep experience treating depression, anxiety, bipolar conditions, panic symptoms, and related impacts on self-esteem and daily functioning. Earlier roles included collaboration with child welfare services and support for adults with developmental disabilities, which strengthened her skills in family systems, communication, and practical problem solving.

Her practice emphasizes practical, skills-based approaches. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and interpersonal strategies. As a trauma-informed clinician she attends carefully to how past trauma shapes current responses and offers relaxation and grounding techniques rather than focusing directly on traumatic memories.

Naomi works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anger, grief, intimacy issues, sleep difficulties, ADHD, caregiver stress, and concerns faced by veterans. She offers an empathic, strengths-oriented approach that focuses on what a person can do next to regain confidence and direction.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Naomi Kim draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside trauma-informed methods to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people see the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful thinking and improve mood and functioning. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers structured skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and effective communication to reduce conflict and manage overwhelming emotions. Trauma-focused and trauma-informed approaches prioritize safety and present-focused coping, using relaxation and grounding techniques rather than repeatedly revisiting painful memories.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Naomi collaborates with each person to identify goals, consider personal preferences, and adjust methods as needed so that therapy fits the individual rather than the other way around.

Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access therapists from different locations. These formats provide flexibility in scheduling, allow continuity of care when travel or relocation occurs, and give multiple options for communicating in the way that feels most comfortable to the person seeking support.