Mi Jung You, LMHC

Mi Jung You is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She also supports those dealing with relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, and issues around self-esteem and identity.

Her background includes work with a wide range of concerns such as addiction, grief, sleeping problems, anger, and coping with chronic illness or caregiving stress. She also addresses attachment and abandonment worries, body image, codependency, and communication difficulties. Those facing major life changes or the challenges of midlife often seek her out for practical support.

In sessions she draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for managing strong emotions and changing unhelpful thinking. She also uses client-centered and attachment-based methods to build a collaborative relationship and explore how early relationships affect current patterns.

Mi Jung frames therapy around clear goals and small, achievable steps. She blends skill-building with reflective conversation so people leave with tools they can use between sessions. Her style is direct but warm, aimed at helping people feel more steady and able to make choices that match their values.

Sessions are conducted in English and Korean, and she accepts international clients. Prospective clients are asked to use the platform’s Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to someone and helping them take steps toward those values while making room for difficult feelings. It can be useful for people facing life changes, career crossroads, or ongoing worry. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, works on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and behavior changes. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, and sleep difficulties. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and communication. It can help people understand intimacy concerns and repeated relationship struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and together they decide which methods to emphasize. That collaborative process lets sessions shift as progress is made or new issues appear.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online work can still make therapy fit daily life - it can be easier to schedule a brief check-in, avoid travel time, or choose a setup that needs less bandwidth than a long video call. Licensed professionals can use different techniques effectively online, and the practical aim is to make therapy something that fits into everyday routines rather than a disruption.