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Psychoanalytic therapy has been considered ineffective for Asian Americans and clinicians in the field recommend family therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as the preferred modality of treatment. I explore factors within psychoanalysis that contribute to its negative perception as a treatment option for Asian Americans; (1) gross misattunements caused by an inappropriate use of psychoanalytic theories that claim universal application and (2) psychoanalysis’s disregard of sociocultural factors as playing an important role in individuals’ psychological make-up. When these impediments are addressed, psychoanalysis has a lot to offer Asian Americans; its regard for the sanctity of individuals’ subjectivity can be a god-send to Asians whose individuality is eclipsed in collectivistic culture. Furthermore, psychoanalytic theories offer rich potential for understanding many aspects of the Asian and Asian American experiences, including trauma associated with immigration, anti-Asian racism, and racialization in the American context. Using a case example, I demonstrate psychoanalysis’s rich potential to accommodate the full complexity of the Asian American experience.