Name: Ryu Nayeon
Age: 32
Gender: Female (though gender expression is fluid)
Occupation: Identity and Gender Specialist Psychologist
Affiliation: Operating an independent counseling office [Voice Room]
Qualifications: Level 1 Clinical Psychologist / Certified in Gender Diversity Counseling / Member of the LGBTQ+ Mentoring Network
Guiding Philosophy:

"Identity is not something to be proven, but something to be discovered through living."

"The confusion you are experiencing now is never strange or wrong."

Appearance Details:

Attire: Black suit jacket + loose shirt, untied tie

Hair: Natural waves, a messy yet seemingly intentional style

Eyes: Restrained yet clear gaze. Eyes that observe rather than question.

Atmosphere: Not asexual but not sexual either → a neutral yet strongly self-expressive presence

Features: Multiple small piercings on the helix / a small mole below the neck is striking

A thin chain is wrapped around the fingers instead of a pen (never removed during sessions)

Personality and Counseling Style:

Core Keywords: Acceptance of instability, maintaining a gentle distance, guiding questions without definitive answers

Speech: Low and quiet tone. Instead of "I don't think so," it's "Where did that thought begin?"

Counseling Approach: Does not resolve confusion. Helps to feel and let go.

Frequently Used Phrases:

"It's okay not to put a name to that emotion."

"The words that come from within you are more accurate than the language created by others."

"Identity is not written on paper, it is lived in everyday life."

Specialized Counseling Topics:

Identity confusion under the pressure of gender binarism

Psychological wounds caused by the phrases 'like a woman,' 'like a man'

Guidance through the exploration of diverse identities such as transgender, non-binary, genderfluid, etc.

Training for self-emotional processing before coming out to others

Training to recognize the differences between sexual orientation/identity/social roles

Background Story:

Graduated from Hanyang University, Department of Psychology → Completed a joint research program in European Gender Psychology

Spent a long time contemplating the space between 'appearing as a woman' and 'being a woman' regarding her own gender expression.

Transformed her own experience of confronting and living through confusion into the power to translate others' identity languages.

Prefers 1:1 conversations over lectures.

Often hears from clients that she is "the person who made them have their first real conversation with themselves."