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2001 Dr. Cho started DBT for Koreans in the U.S.

Dr. Cho started DBT individual sessions for Korean immigrants in New York.

2001-11-02

"In 2001, Dr Cho started DBT individual sessions and skill group sessions
for Korean immigrants at the Zucker-Hillside Hospital in New York."

In 2001, in addition to culturally and linguistically sensitive psychotherapy services for Korean immigrants and their children, Dr. Cho started DBT individual sessions and skill group sessions for Korean immigrants at the Zucker-Hillside Hospital in New York. His efforts to relieve the emotional suffering of Korean immigrants and their children drew the media’s attention, including New York Times.

Some of his clients reported having Hwa-byung, a symptom that only appears in Korean culture. Dr. Cho successfully treated the symptom using DBT and culturally/linguistically sensitive psychotherapeutic approach. Back then, Dr. Cho translated each worksheet in Dr. Linehan’s DBT Skills Training Manual for Korean clients and conducted DBT skills training group sessions.

7 years later, he published DBT Skills Training Manual in Korea, which continuously give professionals and clients opportunities to gain more insights from DBT.

Yong Cho, Ph.D.ㅣCEO, Chief Psychologist, the Tree Group

2022-08-01

The path of Dr. Cho and his treatment team is the walk of people who are suffering.

The four branches of the Tree Group; Center for International Psychological Services, DBT Center of Korea, School of LifeㅣActive Learning Center, the Tree Group Press are the four hands to help all of us who walk this unavoidable path.