Psychotherapy for professionals with demanding lives and complex identities
Board-Certified Psychologist · Scholar · Educator
You can be accomplished and still feel disconnected from who you are and what you want. I offer psychodynamic psychotherapy attentive to culture and social context, helping you understand what is shaping your life and make choices that feel more fully your own.
Based in New York City · Telehealth in NY, CA, and HI
When achievement is not the whole story
You may know how to exceed expectations and solve complex problems, moving quickly from one challenge to the next. Yet achievement may not have brought the emotional security or lasting fulfillment you hoped for. You might struggle with perfectionism and overwork, experience strain in your relationships, or sense that something just isn’t working—even when your life looks successful from the outside.
Psychotherapy offers a nonjudgmental space to examine how you arrived here and what remains within your power to change. This work can help you reconsider inherited ideas about who you are and what should matter, allowing your priorities to become clearer and your decisions more authentic and deliberate.
Deeper understanding can lead to different choices
My clinical approach is active and collaborative. Drawing on psychodynamic thought, we attend to what is happening now while looking beneath the surface at recurring conflicts, formative relationships, and meanings you may not yet have put into words. The aim is to recognize what repeatedly draws you toward certain choices—and what other possibilities may be available.
I also consider how personal history and inner life are shaped by culture and broader systems of belief and power. Our conversations begin with your own experience and values rather than a predetermined interpretation of what your difficulties mean.
This process can be challenging but also transformative. Over time, you may feel more grounded and present, bringing greater openness and confidence to how you live and relate to others.
Who I work with
I work with adults motivated to learn more about themselves and expand their sense of agency in handling life’s challenges. Many are professionals striving for personal balance or deeper connection while managing demanding careers in medicine, law, academia, public service, the creative arts, and technology.
I have specialized experience supporting people of color as they explore cultural identity, negotiate conflicting values or expectations, and respond to racism-related stress. My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming and welcomes people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
You may be considering psychotherapy during a major transition, a consequential decision, or a change in an important relationship, or when anxiety, depression, or self-criticism has become difficult to ignore.
Why work with me?
I am board-certified in counseling psychology and licensed as a psychologist in New York, California, and Hawaiʻi. My expertise is culturally responsive psychodynamic psychotherapy for professionals navigating complex questions of identity and relationships.
Rather than relying on a fixed formula, I draw from a range of clinical, intellectual, and critical traditions. I approach each therapeutic relationship with openness and compassion, listening closely to each person’s lived experience and way of moving through the world.
My varied and unconventional background has given me a particular appreciation for clients whose lives have taken different paths. I am interested in the intersections of culture, gender, race, sexual orientation, and social class. I find inspiration in witnessing people develop their strengths and talents while cultivating their own brand of beauty and freedom. My style is perceptive and intellectually engaged, with a sense of humor that can make the emotionally demanding parts of psychotherapy more approachable.
Scholarship & Teaching
Alongside my practice, I am an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Pace University. My research examines how racialization and systems of power become part of psychological life, including how people understand themselves and relate to others.
Bringing critical ethnic studies and psychoanalytic thought into conversation with empirical psychology, my scholarship focuses largely on Asian American and intersectional experiences. This work considers both the measurable harms of stigma and oppression and the conditions that support agency and flourishing.
My teaching and clinical supervision situate psychological health within cultural, historical, and sociopolitical contexts, with the aim of advancing more equitable forms of care.
Professional Endorsements
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Andy is exceptional in helping people make sense of what is happening within and outside of themselves so they can find a direction forward in their lives.
David Nguyen, PhD - Licensed Psychologist and Instructor in Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School
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Dr. Choi brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his therapeutic approach, in particular his expertise in culturally responsive and LGBTQ-affirming care.
Sabrina Liu, PhD - Assistant Professor of Psychology and Licensed Psychologist, California State University, San Marcos
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He is a respected scholar and practitioner in his areas of expertise, providing compassionate, evidence-based services that are integrative of clients' personal and cultural background and tailored to their specific needs.
Alexander Malik Khaddouma, PhD, ABPP - Board Certified Psychologist, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Dr. Choi is kind, compassionate, understanding, and an advocate for social justice. His intellect combined with these qualities make him an outstanding clinician and colleague.
Oscar Widales-Benitez, PhD, NCSP - Licensed Psychologist, Lucine Center for Trauma and Grief
Ready to begin?
Investing in your psychological health can be among the most rewarding and life-changing decisions you make. I am committed to helping you navigate new pathways toward greater clarity, personal freedom, and a life that feels more fully your own.