Shin Yung Park
Registered Psychotherapist (Q)
MDiv, RP(Q), CRPO #21818 · DBT-Certified · Bilingual English/Korean
In-person in Burlington & Virtual across Ontario
About Shin
"It is completely normal to feel nervous about starting therapy. We can begin from wherever feels most comfortable for you. At the end of the day, I am being invited into your story, and that is something I hold with a lot of care."
Shin believes that everyone, no matter where they come from or what they carry, deserves a pair of ears and a heart that will truly listen. She most enjoys creating a space where people can feel safe, deeply seen, and compassionately supported as they begin to make sense of their story and move toward healing.
Her experience spans community-based mental health, church, shelter, and social service settings — supporting clients through anxiety, trauma, grief, relational difficulties, emotional regulation challenges, and complex life stressors including poverty, homelessness, and migration-related adjustment.
Who she works with:
- Children, youth, and teens—anxiety, emotional regulation, peer or school stress, neurodivergence, or major life changes
- Adults—working through anxiety, grief, trauma, identity, self-worth, or attachment patterns
- Couples and families—relationship dynamics, communication, boundaries, and family-of-origin patterns
- Immigrants, newcomers, and bilingual clients—Korean-speaking sessions available, with cultural and faith sensitivity
Faith Integration
For Christian clients who want it, Shin can integrate prayer, Scripture, and biblical principles into the work. The clinical care is the same either way — Christian counselling is offered on request, and fully secular therapy is equally available. Always client-led.
What Working Together Feels Like
Working with Shin feels warm, safe, and genuinely human. She tends to move at a pace that honours where her clients are, while creating a space that is compassionate, grounded, and gently encouraging. She also brings warmth, engagement, and natural humour into the room when it feels supportive.
Carrying a lot at once? Heavy, complex, and emotionally intense experiences can still be held with steadiness and care.
You don't have to face it alone, and you don't need to be ready to say everything right away. Safety, trust, and readiness matter — and they grow over time.
What You'll Gain
As a safe and healthy therapeutic relationship is built, clients often begin to:
Training & Approach
- Master of Divinity in Clinical Counselling — Tyndale University
- DBT Intensive Certification
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Narrative Therapy & ACT-informed approaches
- Trauma and Violence-Informed Care
My Approach
Shin walks alongside clients as a steady support through whatever phase of life they are facing, while staying curious and genuinely caring about their story. Many present struggles are shaped by attachment patterns, family-of-origin dynamics, unresolved trauma, and survival roles that continue to affect emotional regulation, boundaries, and sense of self.
Your First Session
- → A little more structured — to build a clearer picture of what brought you in and what you hope to work toward
- → A safe setting where you can warm up and share at a pace that feels manageable
- → Curiosity-led and collaborative, drawing from a motivational interviewing approach
Between sessions, Shin may suggest practical, collaborative practices — worksheets, grounding tools, journaling, communication or boundary exercises — that help carry the work beyond the therapy room.
Common Questions
Do I need to have everything figured out before starting?
Not at all. Therapy can begin exactly where you are, even if things feel messy, unclear, or hard to explain. It's okay to feel like "I don't know where to start."
Do I have to talk about trauma right away?
No. Therapy doesn't have to begin with the hardest parts of the story. Safety, trust, and readiness matter, and they grow gradually over time.
Will therapy only be about talking?
It can include emotional processing, but also practical work — reflection tools, somatic practices, DBT skills, and other modalities to help carry the work into daily life.
Can faith be part of therapy?
Yes, when you want it to be. Faith integration is offered in a way that is respectful, client-led, and never imposed. Sessions are equally available as a fully secular space.
Do you offer sessions in Korean?
Yes. Shin is bilingual and offers sessions in both English and Korean, with cultural awareness and faith sensitivity.
Ready to Connect?
Book a free 15-minute consultation to see if working with Shin feels right.
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