About Munsu
Munsu Kwon helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or big life changes. He is straightforward and focused on practical steps people can use right away. He greets clients in English and Korean and draws on 24 years of clinical work to guide conversations and plan care.
He uses a mix of approaches to meet each person where they are. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
How Munsu works
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people in identifying their values and taking meaningful action. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Kwon holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - LCPC - licensed in Maryland.
His background includes long-term work with people who have severe mental health conditions, mood-related disorders, paranoia, and delusion. He also supports people coping with grief, trauma, substance concerns, and family of origin issues. Sessions may include discussion of coping strategies, behavior experiments, skills practice, and planning for next steps.
He can suggest a higher level of care when it seems necessary and will explain additional services that might help. People typically find his approach practical and direct, aimed at reducing distress and improving day-to-day functioning. He works collaboratively with each person to set goals and choose tools that fit their life and values.
Munsu lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Munsu works with
The areas below are the ones Munsu selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English, Korean |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice their values and take small, purposeful steps toward them while accepting difficult emotions. It can be useful for persistent anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It works well for anxiety, depression, OCD, and phobias. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for people struggling with intense emotions or relationship patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and past attempts at change, then recommend strategies that fit the person. That collaborative planning can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to use video. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, skill reminders, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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