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I’m glad you’re here.
Therapy is a courageous commitment to your own growth and recovery. If you are navigating major life shifts, examining rigid expectations, or seeking to build a life grounded in authentic self-care rather than performative suffering, you are in the right space.
My Approach
I view the therapeutic process as a collaborative, highly focused effort. Real healing happens when we approach your life with honesty, humility, clarity, and courage.
My goal is never to shame what causes you pain, nor to pretend those pain points do not exist. Together, we look directly and compassionately at what is hurting so we can get to the root of the problem and build functional resilience.
- Deconstructive Courage: Helping you examine and unravel high-pressure familial, cultural, academic, organizational, or dogmatic religious environments.
- Grounded & Direct Space: I bring a non-anxious, steady, and clear presence to our sessions, holding space for difficult conversations while respecting your autonomy and capacity to lead your own life.
- Bicultural & Intergenerational Navigation: Offering specialized support for 1.5- and 2nd-generation English-speaking adults navigating systemic family pressures, intergenerational trauma, and complex cultural identities.
A Bit About My Background
My journey into clinical work is deeply shaped by my own experience navigating “in-between” cultural, philosophical, and systemic spaces:
Immigration & Identity: Moving to a new country, earning citizenship, and choosing to retain my birth name taught me what it means to embrace radical change while honoring my roots.
Leaving Ordination: Walking away from a years-long ordination process taught me the cost and value of intellectual honesty—and how scary, yet liberating, it is to step away from a dedicated worldview that no longer rings true.
Navigating Relationship Shifts: Supporting my former spouse through coming out, and subsequently discovering my own sexuality, taught me the painful beauty of letting someone go so that both people can grow into who they are meant to be.
Having walked through these profound personal, structural, and philosophical transitions, I hold deep respect for anyone willing to examine their life and step into healthy autonomy.
Note on Language & Hierarchy: While I am fluent in Korean, I conduct therapy in English. This promotes an equitable therapeutic space that sets aside traditional age- or gender-based hierarchies, keeping our focus purely on your autonomy and our shared work while staying attuned to bi-cultural nuances in themes explored.
Client Practice Guide
Now that our official agency intake paperwork is complete, this guide serves as a practical, grounded roadmap for our work together—offering clarity on how we navigate sessions, boundaries, logistics, and long-term goals.
Explore these guides at your own pace whenever questions arise:
Taking Ownership in Therapy — Understanding the “twin engines” of therapy: self-acceptance and courageous action.
Entering the First Session — What to expect during our first meeting, privacy in public, and telehealth requirements.
Your Presence in Therapy — How we protect momentum through attendance baselines, communication, and scheduling limits.
Navigating Pauses in Therapy — Guidelines for travel, extended breaks, and holding reserved session times.
Your Autonomy in Therapy — Between-session support resources, individual boundaries around loved ones, and service animal policies.
Your Documents in Therapy — What standard letters and medical records I can provide, and where my specialized clinical scope ends.
Working with Multiple Therapists — Why single-focus individual therapy builds deeper progress, and how insurance rules handle concurrent care.
Insurance Shifts & Continuing Care — Navigating coverage changes, sliding-scale alternatives, and Medi-Cal compliance rules.
Your Graduation from Therapy — Recognizing readiness to step back, planning focused exit runways, and post-therapy boundaries.
Professional Credentials & Legal Disclosures
Board of Behavioral Sciences Notice:
The Board of Behavioral Sciences receives and responds to complaints regarding services provided within the scope of practice of Min Seong Roh, Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC #16499, registration expiration date May 2027).
I am employed by Shine a Light Counseling Center, of which New Perspectives Center for Counseling (based in San Francisco, where I am located) is a part. You may contact the board online at www.bbs.ca.gov or by calling (916) 574-7830.
Clinical Supervision Notice:
As a Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, I practice under the clinical supervision of Tanya Takacs (LMFT #98530) and Jenn Farley (LPCC #2700). I may discuss our work together with them in a confidential supervisory setting to ensure you receive the highest standard of care possible.
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