Hyunnie Rew, M.A.

Hyunnie Rew, M.A. studied Family Counseling from Yonsei University. She often brings her insights into individual therapy to explore one’s family dynamic and correlations in their thinking and behavioral patterns. She holds Counseling License (Level 2) from Korean Counseling Psychological Association and is working towards her Youth Therapist License (Level 2) that will be issued by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

She completed her intensive training at the following institutions:

• English-speaking therapy from You&Me Psychological Consulting Services (Seoul, Korea)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Schema Therapy by Hanwool Counseling Center (Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea)

She is currently a designated counselor by Seoul City for its mental health plan. In this government-funded project, she focuses on helping young adults with depression, anxiety, trauma, interpersonal issues, career adjustment, and setting healthy boundaries with their primal caregivers.

Hyunnie was born and raised in South Korea but also lived in Toronto and Sydney in her 20s studying the English language and working. Before becoming a therapist, she experienced a cross-cultural environment for over a decade at diplomatic bodies such as the U.S. Embassy and the Netherlands Embassy in South Korea. She encountered people from diverse backgrounds and helped with their civic and urgent lifetime issues.

I am rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to seek one’s thinking, emotive, and behavioral patterns and guide clients to overcome negative lifestyles. My job is to listen, validate, and empathize with the client’s pain but also I am there to challenge self-destructive thoughts and irrational behaviors in various ways. I often integrate my therapeutic approaches with Mindfulness, so that clients are aware of their somatic experience and stay here & now. These techniques have worked well with clients with various psychological difficulties.

When working with couples, I use the Gottman Approach to explore the couple’s conflicts called “perpetual problems”. In this process, the couple exposes their vulnerable feelings and learns to embrace and accept each other.

I always believe that clients have the key to their own problems. My role is to guide them to bring out their potential and strengths for a happier and healthier life. Therefore, I work closely with my clients to build a relationship of trust and help them to enable transformative experiences.