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Go Glo Therapy
Jasmine Cho, MPS, LAPC, ATR-P®
Jasmine is a second-generation Korean American woman, born and raised in Los Angeles and shaped by her time living in Albuquerque, Honolulu, and Pittsburgh. Her own process of navigating identity, cultural expectations, and religious trauma has deepened her empathy for those who carry complex histories and need support with intergenerational, intercultural, or spiritual tensions.
Jasmine enjoys working with young adults and adults who may be moving through transitions, feeling stuck, or learning how to care for themselves amid academic pressures, work stress, family expectations, or shifting relationships. She also appreciates working with BIPOC individuals and people holding questions of identity, belonging, and purpose. Jasmine’s clinical background includes supporting people experiencing anxiety, depression, burnout, grief, and the lingering impacts of trauma.
Her therapeutic approach is grounded in humanistic values and systems, honoring the inner wisdom of each individual while also recognizing how the whole of culture, history, and sociopolitical structures impacts the healing process. She loves supporting clients in making sense of their internal worlds, reconnecting with their own voice, and building more ease, stability, and self-trust.
In sessions, you can expect traditional talk therapy and expressive arts-making. Jasmine is bilingual in English and Korean but seeks to find the language that feels most authentic for your work together, whether that’s through words, art, breath, or movement.
My Story
Jasmine was a hobby baker who unexpectedly became known as a “cookie activist” by using blank sugar cookies as her main canvas. Baking and the creative process helped her heal in tremendous ways, eventually leading her to study art therapy. Jasmine believes healing can take on many forms and that people deserve access to diverse ways of caring for themselves.
Jasmine’s journey included struggling with a deep sense of disillusionment around academia and the systems of care that shape the fields of art therapy and mental health. Still believing in the power of collective care, she embraces questioning as a critical part of a shared process of doing and being better.
Working With Jasmine
Jasmine works with people of all ages, with a special focus on young adults. Clients often come to her carrying anxiety, depression, burnout and work stress, grief, or the lingering impacts of trauma. She has particular understanding of religious trauma, of the intergenerational and cultural tensions that can shape a family, and of the search for identity, belonging and purpose. She especially values working with BIPOC clients and with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Sessions blend talk therapy with art therapy and expressive arts, drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and on narrative, person-centered, strength-based and trauma-focused approaches. Jasmine sees individuals, couples and groups, in English or Korean, in person at our East Liberty office or virtually anywhere in Pennsylvania.
Path & Practice
Jasmine came to art therapy through her own creative life. After years of making art that helped her heal, she earned her Master of Professional Studies in Art Therapy and Creativity Development from Pratt Institute in 2023. She is a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania and a Provisional Registered Art Therapist® (ATR-P®) through the Art Therapy Credentials Board.
In the Studio
Long before she was a therapist, Jasmine was known in Pittsburgh as a “cookie activist.” In 2015 she founded Yummyholic, a bakery whose hand-decorated portrait cookies celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders. Her work has been featured by NPR and CBS, and she was crowned champion of Food Network's Christmas Cookie Challenge.
She is the author and illustrator of the children's book Role Models Who Look Like Me: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Made History, the author of The K-pop Kitchen, and a TEDxPittsburgh speaker (2019). She is also interested in research-based “bake therapy,” bringing the comfort of baking into the healing process. A portfolio of her work is coming soon to this page.
Fees & Logistics
Sessions are 45 minutes and $150, with a sliding scale available for anyone who needs it. Jasmine works with Aetna, Highmark and UPMC Health Plan. She is currently accepting new clients.
Common Questions
Can sessions be in Korean?
Yes. Jasmine is bilingual in English and Korean, and you can move between languages as feels right.
Do I have to make art?
No. Jasmine combines talk therapy with expressive arts, and you decide how much art-making feels useful.
Is Jasmine a fit if I'm healing from religious trauma?
Yes. Jasmine supports clients working through spiritual and religious tensions, and brings her own lived understanding to that work.
Getting Started
Start with a free 15-minute phone consultation: call 412-229-7597, or book a session online.