Joohee Seo

K.M.D., Ph.D.

Clinician · Researcher · Educator

Human Change, Compassion & Freedom

How do we come to understand ourselves, relate differently to suffering, and live with greater freedom?

I am a Doctor of Korean Medicine and a specialist in Korean medicine neuropsychiatry, based in Seoul. My clinical work brings together trauma care, women’s mental health, and attention to bodily and emotional experience. The questions I encounter in practice guide my research and teaching.

My research focuses on women with ADHD and the experience of coming to understand oneself later in life. I also explore questions of compassion, contemplative practice, and human change. Through disaster health and public health research, I consider how care can reach beyond the consulting room.

Across this work, I am guided by the hope that greater understanding of ourselves can deepen our capacity to care for others.

Academic Editor, PLOS Global Public Health

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Portrait of Joohee Seo among silver grass

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I welcome dialogue about collaborative research, clinician education, and care that connects research with practice.

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