27 W 96th Street #1F
New York, NY 10025
174 Nassau Street #408
Princeton, NJ 08540
Depth-Oriented Psychotherapy in New York & New Jersey
RISE Center for Integrative Psychotherapy is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, serving individuals and couples throughout New York City and neighboring New Jersey communities. We provide culturally responsive, affirming psychotherapy grounded in a depth-oriented clinical approach.
Our work supports adults navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, trauma, grief, identity development, and major life transitions. In addition to in-person therapy in Manhattan, we offer virtual psychotherapy across New York and New Jersey.
Our Approach
Our clinical work is grounded in Existential-Spiritual Psychotherapy, an integrative, evidence-based framework developed in part by Dr. Elena E. Kim and published by Cambridge University Press. This model provides a structured foundation for thoughtful, depth-oriented care.
We draw from established therapeutic approaches—including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), psychodynamic and relational models, cognitive-behavioral interventions, and trauma-informed care—integrated within a coherent clinical framework.
While we address symptoms directly, our work moves beyond symptom relief to explore the deeper emotional and relational patterns that shape identity, meaning, and connection.
Psychotherapy Services in New York City & New Jersey
We provide depth-oriented psychotherapy for individuals and couples navigating anxiety, depression, relationship strain, life transitions, and questions of identity and meaning. Our approach addresses both immediate symptoms and the deeper emotional, relational, and cultural patterns that sustain them.
At RISE Center, we integrate evidence-based treatment with thoughtful exploration of cultural identity, family history, intergenerational expectations, and spirituality, when relevant to each client’s life.
Anxiety
Depth-oriented therapy for anxiety and chronic stress that addresses performance pressure, fear of disappointing others, and internalized expectations alongside practical symptom relief.
Life Transitions
Therapy for career shifts, relationship changes, cultural identity transitions, and seasons of reevaluation that call for steadiness, clarity, and thoughtful direction.
Couples Therapy
Relationally grounded therapy for partners navigating recurring conflict, cultural or faith differences, and the desire for deeper emotional connection.
Relational Patterns
Therapy for recurring relationship patterns, attachment dynamics, and boundary challenges shaped by early family and cultural experience — creating space for more secure connection.
Depression
Therapy for burnout, discouragement, grief, and loss of direction that addresses mood symptoms while exploring identity, relational patterns, and renewed engagement with life.
Faith & Meaning
Therapy that makes space for questions of identity, purpose, faith, and direction — integrating existential and spiritual themes within a clinically grounded, depth-oriented framework.
The RISE Clinician Team
Our clinicians are trained within a shared depth-oriented framework and engage in ongoing consultation to ensure thoughtful and consistent care.
Elena Kim, PhD
Clinical Director | Licensed Psychologist
Co-developer of Existential-Spiritual Psychotherapy framework, Dr. Kim provides therapy for individuals and couples as she integrates relational, psychodynamic, and Emotion-Focused Therapeutic approaches within a culturally responsive framework. In addition to clinical work, she oversees supervision and implementation of the framework.
Jocelyn Kim, MSEd
Psychotherapist | MHC-LP
Jocelyn works virtually with adolescents and adults navigating identity development, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Drawing from cognitive-behavioral therapies and person-centered approaches, she combines practical skill-building with depth-oriented reflection to support grounded, values-driven growth within a culturally responsive framework.