028: Diving the Depths of the Soul: A Christian Psychiatrist's Story

About this episode

Dr. Uejin Kim shares her personal journey and insights on practicing psychiatry with a spiritual perspective.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Uejin Kim, whose personal journey has deeply shaped the way she shows up with her patients. She shares her path from being the perfectionistic eldest daughter to rebelling against God, and ultimately returning to a spiritual relationship that is more grounded, honest, and lived-in. Along the way, we explore how her own experiences—along with the help of therapy—led her into the depths of her own soul, where she encountered both her pain and a renewed sense of meaning through God. We also talk about what it means to practice psychiatry from a place of faithful presence. She reflects on her compassion for those experiencing severe mental illness, her willingness to sit with the full spectrum of human emotion, and her belief that mental health professionals already carry what they need to help others—not by fixing, but by becoming steady companions in the depths. This conversation acknowledges the quiet, sacred work of accompanying others through suffering, and the courage it takes to go there first ourselves. Dr. Uejin's website https://www.restorepsych.com Dr. Uejin's YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@druejinkimmd

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Uejin Kim

Topics covered

• Christian psychiatry
• mental health
• spirituality
• therapy
• personal journey

Keywords

• faithful presence
• mental illness
• human emotion
• compassion
• suffering

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