About Us

Thank you for visiting the Mind Health Clinic website.  For over 30 years, I have been helping children, adolescents and adults regain their emotional strength, build coping skills and find inner peace in times of difficulty or crisis.  In this clinic, you can receive comprehensive psychiatric-mental health services, including individual counseling/therapy, family therapy, couple therapy, group therapy and medication management.  I received both Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Stony Brook University and also have additional training in the most effective, evidence-based therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).  I am a member of the American Psychological Association and Neuroscience Education Institute, which shows my ongoing efforts to stay abreast with the most innovative treatments. 

I hope you can benefit from my extensive clinical experience and knowledge to resolve your life concerns, and cultivate happiness and meaning in life. 

Best Wishes,

Dr. Irene E. Kim, DNP, NPP, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC

Experience

• Current Psychopharmacologist/psychotherapist at New York City Children’s Center
• Past Clinical Faculty at SUNY at Stony Brook, Graduate Program, School of Nursing

Education, License & Board Certification

• Seoul National University, School of Nursing, Bachelor of Science
• SUNY at Stony Brook, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Master of Science
• SUNY at Stony Brook, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice
• New York State licensed Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry
• Board Certified Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC, ANCC)
• Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMHCNS-BC, ANCC)

Selected Professional Training

• Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy-Boston, MA
• Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, Harvard Medical School Continuing Education-Boston, MA
• Psychopharmacology Update Institute, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry-New York, NY
• Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Albert Ellis Institute-New York, NY
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy, the Linehan Institute-Seattle, New York
• Cognitive Behavoral Therapy, Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy-Bala Cynwyd, PA
• Play Therapy Training, Family Enhancement and Play Therapy Center-Boiling Springs, PA
• Cross Cultural Counseling, Teachers College, Columbia University-New York, NY

 Selected Professional Memberships and Offices Held

• Neuroscience Education Institute, member
• American Psychological Association, member
• International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses, Past Foundation Board Member
• Korean American Behavioral Health Association, Current Board Member/Past President

Publications

• Kim, I.E., Cushin, A. & Yearwood, E. (2016). Strategies for mental health promotion in children and adolescents. In E. Yearwood & V. Hines-Martin (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Global Mental Health Nursing: Evidence, Practice, and Empowerment (pp. 276-312). London
• Editor of ‘Helping Patients and Families Cope withPsychiatric Illnesses’ (2011, Published by Korean American Behavioral HealthAssociation and Holy Name Medical Center)- the first comprehensive mental healthguide book for the Korean community in the U.S.

Services (English & Korean Bilingual)

Pharmacotherapy

Individual Psychotherapy/Counseling 

Family Therapy

Couples and Marriage Counseling

Social Skills Training

Parenting Training

Group Therapy