Alice Kim Coaching & Counseling

Hi, I'm Alice.

I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and TQ (Transitional Intelligence) Certified Coach. I help individuals navigate the internal psychological shifts of transitions—turning pivotal seasons into opportunities for deep, authentic growth.

I’ve spent over two decades supporting diverse individuals across hospitals, digital health platforms, universities, and the corporate worlds of Big Tech and Fortune 500 companies. I bring a unique blend of clinical insight and coaching to help you navigate change and step into your next chapter with confidence.

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The Challenge

Change is inevitable.
Growth is a choice.

Life is full of changes—personal challenges, relational shifts, career moves, health concerns, or major transitions such as graduating, getting married, parenting, becoming an empty nester, or retiring. These moments can feel overwhelming and uncertain.

Transitions aren’t just events; they are a process. While challenging— can also be powerful turning points. They offer an opportunity to build resilience, deepen self-awareness, and reconnect with your sense of purpose. With the right support, you can do more than just get through these moments—you can grow through them. Having a compassionate, experienced coach or therapist by your side can make all the difference as you step into what’s next with greater clarity and confidence.

My Services

How We Can Work Together

Clinically Informed Coaching

Sometimes, life feels “fine”—manageable, even good—but there’s a quiet voice inside wondering: Could it be more than just fine? Coaching offers a space to explore this question and start building a life that feels more expansive, fulfilling, and authentically yours.

If you’re ready to take purposeful steps forward, we’ll work together to find clarity, identify goals, and create a meaningful path aligned with your values. Coaching helps you explore who you are becoming, and how to flourish in a way that feels true to you.

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Counseling

Life can be complex, and sometimes challenges run deeper or feel more persistent. You might notice you’re not feeling like yourself, or sense that your usual ways of coping aren’t serving you anymore. Maybe you’re overwhelmed, emotionally stuck, or weighed down by stress, anxiety, or patterns that feel hard to break.

Counseling offers a compassionate, nonjudgmental space to explore these experiences with curiosity and care. Together, we’ll uncover what’s beneath the surface, reduce symptoms that hold you back, and develop healthier ways to manage your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.

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Endorsements

What Colleagues Are Saying

"Alice is an amazing therapist! I am a psychopharmacologist and worked closely with Alice at Harvard University Health Services, where we treated the Harvard faculty and staff. She is expertly knowledgeable in many forms of therapies, and she meets people where they are with respect and dignity. Alice moves people to a place of expanded insights; reduction of distressing emotions; and to a higher level of confidence in self and in interpersonal relationships. Alice is incredibly insightful; kind; humanistic; intelligent, and an extremely competent and skilled clinician. She is devoted to her work and persistent in making sure that her patients receive the very best of all she has to offer."

Ramona Dvorak, M.D., M.P.H. Director of Behavioral Health at Zinberg Clinic
Cambridge Health Alliance Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

"Alice is an experienced, smart, kind and culturally competent therapist. She is an excellent diagnostician. Alice is well versed in brief treatment modalities, as well as seeing clients through a longitudinal episode of care."

Steven Steinke, LICSW Harvard University Medical School, Teaching Associate in Psychiatry
Private practice since 2001

"I had the pleasure of working alongside Alice, and I can confidently say she is an attuned, kind, and tactful therapist. Her warmth and depth of knowledge in evidence-based approaches consistently support clients in meaningful growth and learning, especially in the tender areas they choose to focus on. Alice has a unique ability to create a safe space while also empowering her clients to excel. Collaborating with her as colleagues in serving individuals was a true joy, and I deeply valued her professionalism and compassionate presence."

Chya Holland, LCPC Private Practice

"Alice is the kind of person - and therapist - who immediately makes someone feel at ease. Her natural combination of warmth and competence provides the experience of being held and guided. Alice is relentlessly curious, both in terms of getting to know her clients as well as in learning and growing as a clinician. Anyone who lands in her presence or care is fortunate to be there."

Chris Bradt, LMHC Private Practice

"Alice Kim is one of the most compassionate, attuned, and intelligent therapists I have known in my career of 20 years. I have no doubt she will be of great service to her future clients in supporting them on their healing journey."