Sunmee Joo , LCSW

Sunmee Joo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri with 12 years of professional experience. She has extensive experience supporting people facing family conflicts, parenting challenges, motivation and confidence concerns, and the stress that comes with life transitions. Her clinical background includes work as a hospital-based social worker, where she served a diverse client population and developed a practical approach to common life stressors.

She integrates somatic approaches with mindfulness and self-compassion practices to help clients deepen their awareness of how mind and body interact. Through gentle exploration and skill-building, she guides individuals to notice habitual reactions, choose more intentional responses, and identify daily practices that support overall well-being. Her orientation blends evidence-informed therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, narrative work, and trauma-focused techniques with body-centered methods to address both emotional and physical aspects of experience.

Recognizing the importance of language and culture, she offers counseling that takes cultural background into account and has focused on serving Koreans living abroad, including students and immigrants, through online services. Her work is also informed by a Christian worldview, and she supports clients on issues related to childrearing, parent-child relationships, couples work, self-esteem and confidence, and financial stressors among other life challenges. She encourages those who take the first step toward change and aims to be a compassionate guide and ally on that journey.

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