Link Counseling Center is a division of the Korea Trauma Research & Educational Institute
Link means a connecting element.
Link Counseling Center strives to bridge research and clinical practice. We also intend to connect individuals
with community resources that can be utilized for their recovery and growth.
Psychotherapy at the Link Counseling Center promotes not only individual changes and development but also transformation of larger systems (e.g. family, agencies, communities) to which individuals belong.

Behavioral Science is an umbrella term for systemic and scientific approaches that explore the principles and rules of human behaviors. It includes a wide array of disciplines including, but not limited to, psychology, sociology, anthropology, physiology, psychophysiology, political science, and economy. These disciplines collaborate with each other to predict and resolve problems of individuals and social groups. Our center provides clinical services informed by up-to-date behavioral scientific research.

Link Counseling Center is committed to provide effective treatments by utilizing research-supported approaches. Evidence-based treatments refer to treatment approaches that have shown to be effective through extensive research in the field.
At Link Counseling Center, we offer psychotherapy largely based on cognitive behavioral approaches.

In addressing clients issues and improving their quality of life, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on clients present concerns rather than their past. Like in a cogwheel, human thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are intertwined, and influence each other. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy explores clients thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are associated with their present issues. Clients will be assisted to gain more awareness of their thought patterns and its impacts on their emotions and behaviors. With an increased self-awareness, they will obtain opportunities to accept their current patterns and/or create a different pattern.

American Psychological Association(APA) lists Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as evidence-based treatment for various psychological conditions including Depression, Anxiety(Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Phobia), and Eating Disorder.

All our therapists, who have been trained based on a scientist-practitioner model, are licensed in Korea and/or the U.S. Their licenses have been granted by major psychological institutions such as the Korean Counseling Psychological Association and a State Psychology board of the U.S.
Link Counseling Center adheres to ethical principles presented by the Korean Psychological Association, the Korean Counseling Psychological Association, and the American Psychological Association.