Dr. Lee offers counseling services with individual adults (18+), couples, and groups. In her counseling approach, the therapeutic process is collaborative and she encourages her clients to share their opinions and preferences about counseling. Therapy is focused on understanding issues, improving insights, reducing symptoms, and promoting positive changes and personal growth. Dr. Lee works with various issues and her Focus/Areas of Specialization are including:

Depression

Anxiety

Relationship Concerns

Family Stress and Conflicts

Self-Esteem Issues

Cultural Adjustment Issues

Grief and Loss

Stress Management

Body Image Concerns

Sexual Identity

Work Related Concerns

Religious and Spiritual Concerns

Academic Concerns & Motivation issues

International Individuals’ Adjustment Issues

Life Transitions & General Adjustment Issues.

The First Session: Intake Assessment

An intake assessment is conducted during your first session. During the intake assessment, you will be asked some questions to provide important background information and history of issues, which helps the process of building and exploring treatment strategies, resources, and/or referrals.

Individual psychotherapy: Short-term or Longer-term counseling

The length of each session is a clinical hour (50 minutes) unless longer or more sessions are needed.

• Short-term counseling (between 2-3 sessions) : Exploring hopes and goals for counseling and possible next steps, either for participating in ongoing longer-term psychotherapy with Dr. Lee, and/or exploring other options (e.g. referrals to other resources, including engaging other group therapies, meeting with another therapist who may be better match for helping you meet your goals, etc.)

• Longer-term counseling: number of sessions and frequency vary based on your clinical issues, needs, goals, and financial feasibility.

Couples Therapy

Couples sessions are focused on improving communication skills and quality of relationships. Dr. Lee also helps couples of Asian immigrants with cultural and adjustment issues. Sessions of Couple therapy are generally 50-minutes in lengths.

Group Therapy

Group therapy offers a great opportunity to gain more insights, learn from others, and receive/provide social support and feedback. Group therapy may vary based on the number of clients who are interested in certain topics and available time (e.g. women’s issues group, depression support group, interpersonal relationship group, international people’s support group, etc.). Please contact Dr. Lee and inquire about more information if you are interested in participating group therapy. Sessions of Group therapy are generally 90-minutes in lengths.