B.A. Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1995
M.A. Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001

Dr. Kim's clinical training and experience have often involved working in multiple therapeutic contexts, the use of multidisciplinary resources and efforts, and the management of a diversity of mental health concerns. She has worked with children and adolescents in the context of school-based services, day-treatment programs, hospitalization, probation programs, foster care, residential programs, social and protective services, home-based services, and outpatient services. Dr. Kim is a cognitive-behavioral therapist whose primary areas of interests are infant/child/adolescent development and psycho-pathology, family and group therapy, and minority mental health.

Dr. Kim spent five years of her graduate training working with delinquent, at-risk, SED children and adolescents in the East Los Angeles area as part of a short-term, school-based intervention. During her pre-doctoral training at both St. John's Child and Family Development Center (Santa Monica, CA) and Child and Family Guidance Center (Northridge, CA), Dr. Kim was involved in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with a myriad of psychiatric presentations including SED, dual diagnosis, oppositional defiant disorder, delinquency, ADHD, eating disorders, sexual and physical abuse, aggression and violence, mental retardation/developmental disability, learning disability, substance use/abuse, psychotic disorders, and mood disorders. During her postdoctoral training, Dr. Kim continued her work with children and families at the community level. At Through the Looking Glass in Berkeley, she worked with medically fragile and/or developmentally delayed children as well as young adults with developmental disabilities. Since 2003, Dr. Kim has been working with adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disability at the Orion Academy, a non-profit, private high school for teens diagnosed with these specific disorders. She was initially involved in teaching social skills development and in crisis management, but more recently has developed a research project designed to assess the deficits and needs of this population as well as the efficacy of the intervention program.