Josephine Suh, LCSW & Psychotherapist

JOSEPHINE SUH THERAPY

Individual adolescents and adults, tired of their status quo, wanting to make a meaningful change in their mental health, life direction, and/or relationships.

Who I Work With

My Specialties

Grief and Loss from bereavement to breakups
Life Transitions that complicate your sense of self and ability to cope
Existential/emotional loneliness despite a happy childhood and good life
Brainspotting to restore nervous systems impacted by trauma, to process feelings that are resistant to talk therapy
Contemporary, relational psychoanalysis to help you know yourself intimately, resolve inner conflicts, and feel empowered to make life decisions that are right for you

About

Hello! I’m Josie, a Korean American psychotherapist practicing in the Bay Area and New York.

Past clients have described my approach as warm and engaged. I’m here to support you and I don’t take for granted the time and resources you put toward therapy. I truly love what I do and feel grateful to have found my way to the therapist’s chair.

To me, therapy is ultimately a place where powerful personal transformation can occur.

As a client, I’ve sought out therapy to help me weather through overwhelming emotions and unexpected losses. Sometimes the journey led me to discovering a new coping skill. Sometimes I gained deeper insight or faced hard truths about myself. Overall, I’ve developed a deeper, more natural love for myself and others.

As a therapist I’ve had the privilege of walking with people of many stages of life and cultural backgrounds—from places of “stuck-ness” and chaos to places of greater hope and self-assurance. We never know exactly where the road will lead when we begin, but with therapy you know you won’t be walking the road alone.

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What Makes Me Come Alive

Coffee in any shape or form. Science fiction, fantasy, coming-of-age stories. Nature and animals. Historical trivia.

Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, B.A.
University of Pennsylvania, Master’s in Social Work
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #119081 (CA) #096781 (NY)

Education

Candidate in 4-Year Psychoanalytic Training Program at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, in Los Angeles, CA
Brainspotting Phase 1 and Phase 2 at the Pacific Trauma and Counseling Center, in Folsom, CA
Prolonged Grief Disorder Training at Columbia University, New York, NY
Traumatic Grief and Loss Training at the Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia, PA
"Asian American Racialization: On the Material and Psychic Preoccupations," course offered by The Center for Asian American Psychoanalysis, New York, NY

Certifications/ Advanced Training/ Memberships