Licensed Therapist Helping
You Heal from Trauma
Nanci H Kim is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist dedicated to helping individuals and families navigate life's challenges. Explore her compassionate services designed to foster healing and growth.
I am a 1.5 generation Korean-American psychotherapist based in the San Francisco Bay Area and was raised in South Korea, Hawaii and California. I have over 10 years of experience as a psychotherapist and over 16 years in educational settings in both the United States and internationally. I am currently licensed in California, Colorado, Delaware, New Mexico and Vermont.
Nanci H Kim LMFT
I received my Master’s of Arts in Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy from Saint Mary’s College of California and was trained in the Rogerian Humanistic Approach of psychotherapy.
My approach to psychotherapy is to provide a space for clients to be able to share their concerns and trust that their system will find its way to heal from negative experiences and difficulties with the proper guidance and opportunity. I believe the brain and body are designed to heal, and practice the encouragement of this ability in the therapeutic process. I strive to meet clients where they are and provide a comfortable and neutral environment for clients to be able to move through their healing process.
Additionally, while I am not a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) therapist, I do pull skills from these approaches to help clients manage their symptoms. I also practice from an attachment lens.
Therapeutic Approach
Specialization
I work with individuals who have both simple and complex trauma. These experiences can present in the form of single traumatic events or traumatic events starting from childhood. My approach to trauma therapy is using brain-based trauma therapies including EMDR and Brainspotting as well as inner child work, narrative and prolonged exposure approaches.
TRAUMA THERAPY
I am a consultant and certified clinician for both EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and Brainspotting, which are two brain based therapies that help individuals heal from past negative and traumatic experiences by accessing the brain’s ability to heal itself.
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation (any movement that crosses the midline of the body is bilateral) to desensitize and process memories; while, Brainspotting uses focused mindfulness to draw out and process memories. Both are power therapies that provide healing and recovery.
EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING (EMDR)
Qualifications
EDUCATION
Saint Mary’s College of California
MA Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy
San Jose State University
MA Teaching English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL)
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST LICENSURE
California LMFT #95979
Colorado MFT #0002338
Delaware #MI-0000199
New Mexico #CTB-2022-0032
Vermont #100.0134409TELE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I have worked with individuals from ages 5 to older adult in a variety of environments as well as social economic statuses in community based, criminal justice system, foster care, hospital, nonprofit clinic and private practice as well as overseas at universities in South Korea.
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