Dr. Jahng’s Psychiatric Clinic
English-Speaking Psychiatrist in Seoul — Near Seolleung Station
Are you looking for a psychiatrist you can speak with in English? Dr. Jahng’s Psychiatric Clinic offers psychiatric consultations, medication treatment, psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in English. If you feel more comfortable expressing yourself in English, you can discuss both your current symptoms and the difficulties behind them. Care begins not simply with identifying a diagnosis, but with understanding what is troubling you most and what brought you to seek help.
Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst
English Psychiatric Care with
a Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst
Dr. Jahng is a specialist in psychiatry and an International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) psychoanalyst.
She has completed both an advanced in-depth psychotherapy training program and psychoanalytic training with the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). Building on this systematic training, she offers in-depth psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
Her interest in the human mind led her to pursue a deeper understanding of it. This began with specialist training in psychiatry and gradually developed into the study of psychoanalysis to understand the unconscious more deeply.
Through this work, she came to better understand the realities and inner landscapes of patients’ minds that a list of symptoms alone could not reveal. Witnessing changes in patients’ lives through this approach inspired her to continue studying and undertake psychoanalytic training.
In her practice today, she continues to place importance on both the medical assessment of current symptoms and an understanding of the emotional context in which those symptoms arise.
Dr. Jahng’s Education and Professional Background
Psychiatrist · IPA Psychoanalyst
- Graduate, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine
- Specialist training in psychiatry, St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine
- Full Member, International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA)
- Full Member, Korean Psychoanalytic Center
- Full Member, Korean Psychoanalytic Society
- Full Member, Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
- Former General Affairs Director, Korean Psychoanalytic Society
- Former Education Director, Korean Psychoanalytic Society
- Completed the Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program, Korean Psychoanalytic Society
- Graduate of an IPA-recognized psychoanalytic training program
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
Emotional Language
Understanding Emotional
Language in English
Psychiatric Care
Having lived in an English-speaking country during childhood, Dr. Jahng offers consultations to people who wish to receive care in English. Apart from the language used, the approach to care is the same.
The language we use to describe our inner lives does more than communicate symptoms. Speaking in our native language can allow richer emotional expression, and the memories we can access through that language may differ. For people who feel more comfortable expressing themselves in English, being able to speak in English is an important part of care.
Dr. Jahng aims to listen carefully to patients’ feelings and experiences through psychoanalytic sensitivity and an understanding of emotional language.
Treatment
Considering Medication and Psychoanalysis
in English Psychiatric Care
Care begins with assessing your current symptoms and the difficulties causing you the greatest distress. Dr. Jahng aims to prescribe medication with empathy and a sufficient understanding of your emotional difficulties, rather than treating it simply as a prescription for a symptom.
When psychological difficulties play an important role, a psychoanalytic approach may be considered alongside an assessment of whether medication is needed. When symptoms are severe, medication may need to take priority.
The available treatments and their benefits and limitations are explained. The direction of care is discussed with you, taking account of your current condition, treatment goals and preferences.
Conditions Addressed in English Consultations
Further information about symptoms and treatment is available on the following pages. These detailed pages are provided in Korean.
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy in English
Psychoanalysis is a treatment that seeks to understand and work through emotional difficulties that repeat in the present and continue to influence the future.
Similar feelings and conflicts may recur even when the people and circumstances change. You may understand a pattern intellectually yet find it difficult to respond differently. Psychoanalysis explores these repetitions, including feelings and ways of responding that you may not yet fully recognize.
Patient and analyst participate together in an ongoing dialogue. It is not a process in which the analyst provides answers for the patient to receive passively.
Treatment
Typical Frequency
Focus
Psychoanalysis
Generally four sessions a week
Sustained, in-depth exploration of recurring emotional and relational patterns and unconscious conflicts
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Generally one to three sessions a week
Understanding current symptoms and relationship difficulties from a psychoanalytic perspective
The approach and frequency are discussed in light of your current difficulties, the changes you hope for and your practical circumstances. This work requires time and consistent participation; the same approach is not recommended for everyone.
International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) — What is Psychoanalysis? ↗
First Visit & Fees
Preparing for Your First
English Psychiatric
Consultation and
Enquiring About Fees
If you have received treatment at another clinic or in another country, it is helpful to bring:
The names, active ingredients and doses of your current medications
Previous prescriptions or treatment records
Information about relevant medical conditions and allergies
Identification and health insurance information
If you take medication prescribed abroad, bring the prescription, packaging or a clear photograph. Medications or formulations available in Korea may differ, so whether an existing prescription can be continued will be determined after consultation.
Please contact the clinic before your visit to confirm consultation fees and applicable health insurance coverage. If you need English-language documents for an insurer or another organisation, please also check in advance whether the required documents can be issued.
Column
Dr. Jahng’s Columns
Seeing a Psychiatrist in Korea as a Foreigner: What to Know Before Your First Visit
No referral needed, clinic or counselling centre, health insurance for foreign residents, medication from home — what to know before seeing a psychiatrist in Korea.
Psychoanalysis in English in Seoul: What It Is and What to Expect
The unconscious, transference and free association, how treatment unfolds, and what it means to work with an analyst who is also a psychiatrist — in English.
Location & Appointments
Location and Appointments —
English Psychiatric Care
in Gangnam, Seoul
Dr. Jahng’s Psychiatric Clinic
2nd Floor, SK Hub
431 Seolleung-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
Approximately a three-minute walk from Exit 3 of Seolleung Station.
English-language appointments and enquiries: joy-eunjin@hanmail.net
For English consultations, please contact the clinic by email.
Opening Hours
Time
Monday–Friday
10:00 am–7:00 pm
Lunch Break
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Saturdays, Sundays and Korean Public Holidays
Closed