Psychiatrist
525 Cordova St.
Pasadena, CA
91101
Top reviews
Dr Niazi is the best. He is knowledgeable, dependable, and committed to helping his patients.
Office was clean, staff friendly, snacks for kids. Love this office and team!
Esther Kim, MD, is a board-certified adult psychiatrist at Adelpha Psychiatric Group in Pasadena, California. She has a diverse background in both music and psychiatry.
Before entering medicine, Dr. Kim spent much of her life immersed in the classical music world. She studied violin performance at the Juilliard School in New York and later at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, ultimately completing her Artist Diploma at Indiana University. Her growing curiosity about the connection between music and the mind guided her toward a career in medicine. She went on to earn her MD at Wake Forest School of Medicine, where she conducted research on depression and anxiety in patients with epilepsy and founded the Wake Forest Musical Outreach Program.
Dr. Kim completed her psychiatry residency at the UCLA-Resnick Neuropsychiatric Institute, serving as chief resident for both the Consult-Liaison Service and the Psychiatric Emergency Room. Her career continues to bridge music and psychiatry; she has participated in UCLA’s Mindful Music series and contributed to musical storytelling research focused on promoting resilience and reducing stigma surrounding mental illness.
Clinically, Dr. Kim specializes in mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders, with additional interests in women’s mental health and reproductive psychiatry. She takes an integrative, collaborative approach to care, emphasizing mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and lifestyle alongside evidence-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. She is also trained in neuromodulation, including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
Outside her clinical work, Dr. Kim remains active as a classical violinist. She is a certified yoga instructor, an enthusiastic cook and baker, and a devoted dog mom to Schumann (“Schumie”), her high-spirited Pomeranian–American Eskimo mix named after the composer Clara Schumann.
Addiction
Medication Management
ADHD
Adult Psychiatry
Anxiety
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Child Psychiatry
Couples Therapy
Depression
Eating Disorders
Gender Dysphoria Disorder
Grief and Stress Management
Mood Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Psychiatric Evaluation
Psychotherapy
Psychotic Disorders
Reproductive Psychiatry
Schizoaffective Disorder
Schizophrenia
Telehealth
Womens Mental Health
Marriage and Family Therapy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Location
Adelpha Psychiatric Group
525 Cordova St.
Pasadena, CA, 91101
More About Dr. Esther Kim, MD
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NPI Number
1508493917
Provider's Gender
Female
Reviews
Dr Niazi is the best. He is knowledgeable, dependable, and committed to helping his patients.
Office was clean, staff friendly, snacks for kids. Love this office and team!
Really helpful and knowledgeable!
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Very easy appointment and communication platform; highly responsive and experienced psychiatric care.
Life savers truly from the nursing staff to an amazing doctor pulled me through a very dark time and continue to help me heal. Truly God sent. Thank you all at Adelpha Psychiatric Group for being amazing.
always enlightening
Very thoughtful & attentive! Always quick to help when I reach out :)
Good session.
Dr. Eipl is the best! She has helped me tremendously and continues to help me make strides in my healing.
Dr. Niazi genuinely cares for our son and is incredibly kind and supportive. Best Dr. We have ever had for our family
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I am Lily’s father and we are thrilled with Dr. Niazi.
Dr Niazi is kind, caring, compassionate, accessible, responsive to patient portal messages, and very knowledgeable. I trust him and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to others.
Dr Benalt has changed my life for the better. Her kindness and knowledge has taught me to be in charge of my life and find happiness.
