Holistic Mental Wellness Therapy Center | Oakland CA | 94610

Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center in Oakland, CA helps families, couples, individuals and children with mental health, trauma, grief and life changes

  • Holistic Mental Wellness Therapy Center | Oakland CA | 94610
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Vivienne Kim

she/her

  • Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

AMFT #129573

Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The Wright Institute

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How I Can Help

I sincerely believe you are the expert in what feels right and true to yourself. My role, as I see it, is to be by your side as you examine parts of yourself that are difficult to face alone. I shine a warm light—respectfully and at your pace—on experiences, emotions, and beliefs that have yet to be examined. I seek to deepen the understanding of emotional and relational pain and to expand upon sources of strength, expression, connection, and beauty.

My Values

Listening to how my clients express themselves gives me insight into their internal world, and I enjoy bringing safety and continuity to the space we share during each session. I focus on presence and flow while simultaneously knitting the present to past context and future possibility. I value the capacity to hold multiple realities and perspectives and to integrate process and content with compassion and empathy.

My deep desire is to accompany my clients as they cultivate an internal and external sense of home. I enjoy bringing light to the forces that constrict people’s authentic selves. With self-knowledge comes the opportunity for autonomy and choice. With self-knowledge—cognitive, emotional, somatic, contextual—comes a rootedness that allows for courage and vulnerability in creativity, expression, intimacy, and belonging.

My approach is integrative, collaborative, and psychodynamic, and is influenced by mindfulness and attachment theory, emotional focusing, and somatic awareness. As the daughter of Japanese and Korean immigrants, I am keenly aware of identity, racial or ethnic, and immigration or generational issues; and as a former musician, I have extensive experience with issues around creativity, self-expression, and performance.

Whatever the areas of growth you bring to the therapeutic space, my priority is to hold an empathic, non-judgmental, inclusive space in which you feel safe and deeply seen.

Client Ages
  • Youth: 12-18
  • Young Adult: 18-25
  • Adults: 25-65
  • Seniors: 65+
I Provide Therapy To
  • Individuals
  • Premarital Couples
  • Couples
Other Areas of Expertise/Interest
  • Artists
  • Immigrants
  • LGBTQIAA+ persons
  • Persons Experiencing Grief and Loss
  • Persons Recovering from Domestic Violence
  • Persons Recovering from Traumatic Events/Experiences
  • Persons Struggling with/Recovering from Addiction
  • Persons with Histories of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • Persons with Histories of Physical or Emotional Abuse
  • Other:

People in transition, Elders or people dealing with chronic illness, life changes, retirement

Supplemental Training or Certification Completed
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Types of Payments Accepted
  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card
Full Fee

$180 individuals; $210 couples

Sliding Scale Range

$80-$180

Sliding Scale Openings

Yes

Phone

(510) 859-4846

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Website

viviennekimtherapy.com

Office Address

Currently offering telehealth appointments

Availability
  • Monday Morning
  • Monday Afternoon
  • Tuesday Morning
  • Tuesday Afternoon
  • Wednesday Morning
  • Wednesday Afternoon
  • Thursday Morning
  • Thursday Afternoon
  • Friday Morning
  • Friday Afternoon
Supervisor Name & License Type/Number

Rawna Romero, LMFT #41466

Last Updated

02/09/2022

Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center

We offer affordable teletherapy (therapy by phone and by video) throughout the Greater Bay Area and California. Please call us today to schedule a preliminary meeting. Our services are offered in multiple languages during day and evening hours, 7 days per week. Compassionate and dedicated, our clinicians will provide you with care sensitive and responsive to your needs.

510-394-5065
admin@gratefulhearttherapy.org

MAILING ADDRESS
360 Grand Avenue, #46
Oakland, CA  94610

TIN: 20-5284226
NPI: 1942650239

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Internships

We offer a supportive private practice internship program, allowing pre-licensed clinicians (AMFT/ASW/APCC) to earn an income, accrue hours towards licensure and develop the clinical and entrepreneurial skills required for success in private practice. During the Coronavirus pandemic, we are continuing to accept new associates, helping them to launch practices as teletherapists. We also occasionally accept newly licensed clinicians, helping them to launch their private practice careers.

Services

In response to the Coronavirus, we now focus on providing teletherapy (therapy by phone and video) to our clients. Teletherapy can be helpful to individuals of all ages, including children and teenagers. Couples and families can also benefit from the convenience, flexibility and effectiveness of teletherapy. Please call or write us today to learn more about our services.

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