Trauma-Informed Therapy for Teens & Young Adults in San Jose and South Peninsula

with Wonbin Jung, Ph.D., LMFT

You don't have to be the "perfect kid" or the "successful professional" to be worthy of peace. We help you untangle family expectations, heal from academic burnout, and find the version of you that feels real.

I help you untangle the complexity of family trauma and the pressure to be perfect, so you can trade the constant 'shoulds' for a life that actually feels like yours.


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Growing up in the South Bay or the Peninsula often means living in a pressure cooker of high expectations and competitive environments. Whether you're a high school student navigating college apps, a college student feeling the weight of your family’s sacrifices, or a young adult trying to set boundaries for the first time, this is a space where you get to simply show up and start healing.

Does this sound familiar?

  • You feel like you’re constantly performing, getting the grades, hitting the milestones, but you feel empty inside.

  • You’ve mastered the art of being "fine" while privately struggling with anxiety that keeps you up at night.

  • Rest feels like a risk because there’s always someone else working harder or doing more.

  • You’re caught between two worlds: the expectations of your immigrant family and the person you actually want to be.

  • You’ve learned to be hyper-independent because asking for help feels like a burden or a failure.

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If this resonates, I’m here to help you rewrite the script. You've spent a lifetime perfecting the role of the 'good kid' to satisfy family expectations. Now, let's find your freedom. It's time to live the life you want, not the one scripted by cultural pressure or your status as a high-achiever.

I’m Dr. Wonbin (she/her).

I know what it’s like to grow up in a system where survival meant silence and being 'the good kid' was the only option. I wasn't that kid; I was defiant and hyper-independent because I couldn't live a lie.

Now, I help other cycle-breakers in the South Bay and Peninsula find their own path to freedom. In this space, you don't have to shrink, explain, or perform. You just get to heal.

Asian Therapist for Asian American Teens & Young Adults in the South Bay & the Peninsula

Individual Therapy

Find your healing in a space where all of your being is welcome. I offer a space where you can work on what matters most to you; whether it is anxiety or academic pressure.

| $225/50-min |

In-home Family Therapy

You and your family get to focus on shifting the relational patterns and healing in your current, living context, not a sterile, clinical office where you just feel the awkward silence.

| $450/100-min |

Clinical Supervision & Mentorship for Associate Clinicians

I’m committed to training Asian American/immigrant therapists through a social justice lens, helping you develop an authentic professional identity & clinical skills as well as launching your own practice when you are fully licensed.

$225/hour for individual

$120/hour for dyad [2 clinicians]

Specializing in:

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    Teen & Young Adult Anxiety Therapy

    You carry more than just 'good grades' or a 'prestigious degree'; you carry the intergenerational weight of the model minority myth and the silence of the perfect child. This therapy helps you dismantle the toxic culture of comparison, heal the sting of microaggressions, and reclaim your inherent worth. Together, we can shift from just 'getting through the week' to actually feeling at home in your own identity.

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    In-home Family Therapy (90-min)

    Real change doesn't always happen in a sterile office or on the screen; it happens in the living room, around the kitchen table, and in the spaces where your family’s stories are actually told. For families in the South Bay and Peninsula, I offer in-home sessions that allow us to work within the living laboratory of your daily life. By meeting in your own environment, we can more effectively identify the silent dynamics, break the cycles of intergenerational pressure, and build a new culture of communication right where it matters most.

  • ADHD Coaching

    Teen ADHD Evaluation & Coaching

    ADHD isn’t just about distraction - it’s about how your brain dances with time, focus, and emotion. Through affirming evaluation and personalized coaching, we help you understand your unique wiring, build supportive habits, and turn overwhelm & self-doubt into clarity and self-trust.

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    IFS Parts Work Intensive

    There’s a reason you feel pulled in different directions—those “parts” of you are trying to protect and survive. In this IFS (Internal Family Systems) intensive, we dive deep to meet those parts with curiosity, not judgment, so you can heal core wounds, unburden your system, and lead from your calm, compassionate Self — to get you better faster than traditional weekly therapy.

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You’ve carried enough. Let this be where you put it all down.