Ellis Kim

Ellis Kim

In my own journey and in my professional work, I have found Somatic Experiencing to be a transformational approach to exploring the fullness of one's experience. From here, there is freedom to re-access agency and vitality and not just operate from a place of survival.

I have worked with people with the spectrum of mental health challenges, from substance use struggles, eating disorders, experiences of psychosis, and all manner of adverse childhood experiences. In every case, I have found that developing a language for the body's experience has created more space, which is foundational to healing and recovery.

In addition to doing standalone Somatic Experiencing work, I integrate SE into Internal Family Systems (IFS), another mind/body oriented approach to therapy.

I am currently practicing virtually and can work with anyone residing in California.

Specialties

• Addiction
• Adults
• Adults abused as children
• Anger Management
• Anxiety Disorders
• Behavioral Issues
• BIPOC Populations
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia
• Complex PTSD
• Depression
• Developmental Trauma
• Dissociative Disorders
• Early Childhood Attachment Disturbances
• Eating Disorders
• Gender Dysphoria
• Grief and Loss
• LGBTQIA+
• Relational/Relationship Issues
• Self-Esteem
• Sleep/Insomnia
• Spirituality
• Intergeneration Trauma
• Racial Trauma
• Anti-Oppression Trauma Resolution
• Systemic Trauma
• Sexual Abuse