Blog | Deborah Kim LMFT

Dec 2, 20232 min

Being in the In Between

It's hard to accept where you are -right here and right now- when you have a vision of where you want to be next. We bear the doldrums of...

Mar 28, 20202 min

Practice BOTH/AND

This post is written during the shelter in place ordinances due to COVID-19. This virus has created a lot of panic and fear for many, and...

Feb 1, 20192 min

Is too much people pleasing holding you back?

I just finished watching the Netflix series Fat, Salt, Acid, Heat with Berkeley based Samin Nosrat. In an article* in The Guardian, she...

Dec 10, 20181 min

Are you experiencing chronic stress?

I want to validate not just your emotional experience of stress but your actual physical, neurological experience of stress. In the Ted...

Nov 10, 20182 min

Are your safe choices limiting your growth in life?

In a recent story* on NPR about Michelle Obama, she tells us: "...her guidance counselor at Whitney Young told her she wasn't 'good...

Oct 27, 20181 min

Does your relationship to failure need a change?

In therapy it's not uncommon for people to talk about their personal failings or failures. Failure to: yield a job, pass a test, make a...

Oct 10, 20181 min

How to Stop Worried Thinking

With all the events in the news lately, how can one not worry about the future for one's self, family and safety and security? There is a...

Deborah Kim, LMFT