This podcast is for prelicensed and newly licensed mental health professionals who have so many questions about starting their therapy career. As you submit your questions, I will do my best to find the right people to answer them. I want you to have a tailor-made experience through this podcast and through the website. My hope is that every episode and every answer will get you motivated for action and doing what you love!
029: The Group That Changed How I Show Up With Clients
Today I get to talk with Esther Cho, an LCSW practicing in New York. She shares about her journey of immigration and becoming a therapist. We also get to hear about how a therapist training group transformed her experience of therapy. She talks about how important (and how scary!) it is to be known intimately, and to give and receive real feedback. Hope you enjoy the episode!
Esther's website: https://www.estherchotherapy.com/ (https://www.estherchotherapy.com/)
Esther's email: esthercho.lcsw@gmail.com
20 Apr 2026
028: Diving the Depths of the Soul: A Christian Psychiatrist's Story
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Uejin Kim, whose personal journey has deeply shaped the way she shows up with her patients. She shares her path from being the perfectionistic eldest daughter to rebelling against God, and ultimately returning to a spiritual relationship that is more grounded, honest, and lived-in. Along the way, we explore how her own experiences—along with the help of therapy—led her into the depths of her own soul, where she encountered both her pain and a renewed sense of meaning through God.
We also talk about what it means to practice psychiatry from a place of faithful presence. She reflects on her compassion for those experiencing severe mental illness, her willingness to sit with the full spectrum of human emotion, and her belief that mental health professionals already carry what they need to help others—not by fixing, but by becoming steady companions in the depths. This conversation acknowledges the quiet, sacred work of accompanying others through suffering, and the courage it takes to go there first ourselves.
Dr. Uejin's website https://www.restorepsych.com (https://www.restorepsych.com)
Dr. Uejin's YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@druejinkimmd (https://www.youtube.com/@druejinkimmd)
17 Feb 2026
027: Lost in Translation: When Suicidal Language is Cultural
In this episode, I sit down with a Korean American psychologist who reflects on vulnerable early-career moments when cultural differences shaped how she understood clients’ expressions of suicidal ideation. In her culture of origin, language about death and wanting to die was often woven into everyday speech — a nuance that initially influenced how she assessed risk in the therapy room. Together, we explore how culture shapes meaning, why suicidal language does not translate evenly across contexts, and how cross-cultural humility — not perfection — is essential to ethical and attuned clinical care.
Content Note: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation and may be sensitive for some listeners. Please listen with care.
Dr Jeongmi Moon
https://www.drmoon.live (https://www.drmoon.live)
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