YEJIN YOO
Yejin Yoo, MFA, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT (she/her) is an artist, licensed creative arts therapist and Reiki master. Yejin approaches her work with relational, trauma-informed, holistic and transpersonal lenses. Her practice is informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS), as well as esoteric healing traditions from South East and East Asia. Yejin is a certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy provider (Integrative Psychiatry Institute), partnering with Journey Clinical in facilitating Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) in-office at our midtown east location. She integrates art making in her practice to support clients in visualizing their inner and outer worlds while staying grounded in the present and attuned to their self guidance and their healers within.
Yejin finds deep meaning connecting with individuals from multicultural backgrounds. With cultural sensitivity, Yejin holds space for processing intergenerational and/or religious trauma. Her primary focus is working with BIPOC individuals, and offers sliding scale rates to historically underserved communities seeking mental health services.
Yejin's person-centered practice has led her to facilitate numerous groups for survivors of gender-based violence that incorporate art making, Reiki, movement and sound. She has worked with the Asian American Federation, the Creative Arts Therapies Summit, as well as at VillageCare, Womankind (formally known as New York Asian Women’s Center), the Bronx Community Charter School, the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Four Winds Hospital, and the Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility.
She is fluent in English and Korean.
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