- Client-Centered Therapy
- Guilt and shame work
- Korean language
About Myung
Myung "Claire" Hwang is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 20 years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and career or life changes. Claire also focuses on forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, self-love, and women's issues.
Claire practices from a client-centered perspective. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their own life and works to draw out strengths people already have. Sessions are conversational, with attention to what a person wants to change and what feels most important right now.
In session she listens for how emotions show up in daily life. She helps people name their feelings and make sense of patterns that keep them stuck. Practical steps and simple reflections are used to help a person try different ways of coping between meetings.
Claire’s approach is calm and direct. She encourages small experiments rather than big overhauls. That can mean setting a clear next step after a session, practicing a short coping skill, or shifting a habit that keeps guilt or shame active.
Her background across two decades includes work with people who have faced trauma and long-term stress. She draws on that experience to support adults navigating self-doubt, moral distress, or difficult life transitions. To begin, she asks straightforward questions and helps people choose the next practical step toward clearer thinking and steadier days.
Client-centered care and online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely to a person's experience and following what matters most to them. The therapist reflects what she hears, helps a person describe painful feelings like guilt or shame, and supports choices the person makes about next steps. This approach is helpful when someone needs to be understood first and then try small, practical changes.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to figure out which style feels most useful, based on the client's goals and preferences. That means checking in together about what helps and adjusting the plan as the work continues.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during the day, or making it simpler to keep appointments around work or caregiving. Licensed professionals can use these practical benefits to help keep steady momentum while addressing guilt, shame, and related stress without requiring major schedule changes.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
Korean
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, career and life changes, compassion fatigue, and related issues such as guilt and shame.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
She uses a client-centered approach that listens for how guilt or shame shows up in daily life and helps name those patterns before trying small practical changes.
What experience does she bring to these topics?
Claire has 20 years of professional experience working with people who face long-term stress, trauma, depression, and self-doubt.
What credential and region does she practice under?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Korean.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try therapy with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.