Chong Concannon (she/her)

Licensed Clinical Therapist

Licensed Clinical Therapist

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (Maryland, USA - #LC4759)

Maryland Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor

Licensed Professional Counselor (Virginia, USA - 0701011514)

English, Korean

Sliding Scale Rate (no insurance)

₩250,000 Individual Intake Session (55-min)

₩367,000 Individual Intake Session (80-min)

₩230,000 Individual Session (55-min)

₩335,000 Individual Session (80-min)

₩567,000 2-hour Individual Therapy Intensive

₩708,000 2.5-hour Individual Therapy Intensive

₩850,000 3-hour Individual Therapy Intensive

Hello, my name is Chong, and my Korean name is Jung-Hye. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia, USA. I am one of the founding members of Healing Together and currently serve as a Licensed Clinical Therapist and Senior Clinical Consultant. I also own and operate a solo psychotherapy practice in the United States.

I was born in Seoul and immigrated to the United States at age ten. As a 1.5-generation Korean American and an AuDHD clinician, I bring both lived and professional understanding to navigating culture, identity, neurodivergence, belonging, and expectations about how we are “supposed” to function. Much of my clinical work is grounded in simultaneously untangling and weaving these intricacies. 

I have worked in the mental health field since 2008 and have spent much of my career working with adults navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence, relationship difficulties, identity development, major life transitions, and the lasting effects of developmental and relational trauma. I have particular expertise in attachment wounds, complex trauma, immigration and acculturation experiences, and intergenerational patterns. I also specialize in working with Korean adoptees as they explore identity, belonging, adoption-related grief and loss, relationships, connection to Korean culture, and questions surrounding birth family, search, and reunion.

My work often includes people who are highly capable and insightful, yet find themselves repeatedly struggling with patterns they cannot simply “think” their way out of. They may understand intellectually why they respond the way they do while still feeling stuck in anxiety, self-criticism, over-responsibility, emotional disconnection, people-pleasing, perfectionism, avoidance, or difficult relationship dynamics. Therapy can become a place to understand not only what is happening, but how those patterns developed as survival adaptations, what meaningful purpose they have served, and whether they are still serving the life you want to live.

CLINICAL APPROACH

My approach to therapy is deeply relational, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, neurodivergence-affirming, and collaborative. I work integratively, drawing from psychodynamic and attachment-based approaches, Internal Family Systems and parts work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive and behavioral approaches, mindfulness, self-compassion practices, and experiential interventions depending on each client’s needs.

I often work with people who are insightful and highly capable, yet find themselves repeating patterns they cannot simply think their way out of. Anxiety, perfectionism, avoidance, emotional shutdown, over-functioning, people-pleasing, and self-criticism often developed for understandable reasons. Rather than treating these responses only as symptoms to eliminate, we can explore how they developed, what they may have been protecting, and whether they are still serving the life and relationships you want today.

Our work will include exploring early experiences and attachment patterns, examining present-day relationships, noticing emotional and bodily responses, challenging inherited beliefs and expectations, and developing practical ways of responding with greater flexibility and choice. My goal is not simply to help you understand yourself intellectually, but to help that understanding translate into meaningful change in how you relate to yourself, others, and your life.

For clients who want more time and space for focused therapeutic work, I also offer Therapy Intensives, extended sessions of two to three hours that allow us to stay with a particular issue, relational pattern, life transition, or area of deeper exploration without the constraints of a traditional therapy time frame. Intensives may be especially useful when you want concentrated time to work through something significant, integrate complex experiences, or engage in deeper reflection that benefits from continuity.

Above all, I believe the therapeutic relationship itself is central to meaningful change. I strive to offer a space grounded in trust, honesty, curiosity, compassion, and respect — one where you do not have to perform wellness or produce the “right” answer. My role is not to tell you who you should be, but to help you understand yourself more fully and support you in deciding how you want to live.

• Education

  M.S. in Counseling Psychology - Loyola University, Maryland, USA (2003)

  B.A. in Psychology - James Madison University, Virginia, USA (1999)

• Certification

  Nature-Informed Therapy Certification

• Special Training

  • Internal Family System Online Circle

  • Suicide Risk Assessment & Prevention

  • Therapy Intensives Growth Blueprint 

  • Infertility Counseling 10-Month Training Group

  • 300+ hours of Continuing Education in various trauma-focused training

INTERESTS, HOBBIES, & FUN FACTS

Outside of therapy, I am an introverted homebody with an endlessly curious mind and usually far too many projects going at once. I love learning, especially about Korean history, culture, language, psychology, identity, and the strange little rabbit holes that somehow turn into full-fledged interests. 

I feel most restored in nature and around animals, and I am happiest somewhere quiet, beautiful, and slightly removed from the noise of everyday life. I also love thrifting and vintage objects, particularly things with craftsmanship, history, character, or a story that makes me wonder who owned them before.

I was born in Seoul and remain deeply connected to Korea, so Korean food, culture, history, and language are woven into much of what I enjoy outside of work as well. I am also perpetually creating something — courses, business ideas, photography setups, writing projects, or some other endeavor that seemed perfectly reasonable when the idea first occurred to me.

Fun fact: I am much better at generating ideas than limiting them.