About Kim
Therapy is all about the relationship;
learn a little more about me:
Growing up as a neurodivergent kid in the Mid-West, I received messages that I didn’t belong and was “too much,” while simultaneously “not being enough.” I developed an overactive “inner critic,” who was a brutal presence in my mind and body. This lead to anxiety. This lead to relationship issues. This lead to disordered eating. Then I was sexually assaulted. I felt broken.
Enter somatic psychotherapy and reconnecting with my mind/body/spirit in powerful ways. I was able to address these issues, learning more self-trust and self-love. By learning that I am more than my thoughts, I’ve been able to live a deeply satisfying life full of creativity and connection.
Inspired by this journey, I love guiding people along their own path. I do so with a holistic, creative, and spiritual approach that is grounded in evidence-based modalities like Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR. As a nature-based mystic and creative, I support folks at the crossroads of trauma, eating disorders, and neurodivergence.
Tip the Balance for Healing
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Tip the Balance for Healing .
My values
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I have gotten to know the essence of a wide range of behaviors and we are always getting something from what we do otherwise we wouldn’t do it.
Granted, what we are getting may no longer be satisfying and might even be harmful, but at some point, our behaviors had a purpose for our survival.
I have found that taking this non-pathologizing approach to therapy helps clients build self-compassion and move towards their goals.
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Life has shaped all of us in various forms of shame and pain. I strive to hold myself and clients with the utmost kindness and respect.
Compassion is often what we need the most to have better relationships with ourselves and others. I show clients how to welcome themselves into their brains and bodies for a fully calm, clear, and connected life.
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Often what we have disowned, made secret, or abandoned ends up controlling us. Cultivating curiosity can be a pathway towards self-compassion and living well.
I bring curiosity to my clients’ lives, making an effort to not make assumptions and ask helpful questions for us to explore together. My goal is to meet every client on their terms, based on their goals.
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Mental health issues rob us of our creativity and vitality. One of my therapeutic goals is to help clients grow or regain their vitality for creative living.
In building a therapeutic alliance, I attend to the vitality of our relationship, which comes first and foremost.
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Trauma is often rooted in the systematic oppression that pervades our social fabric. I bring cultural humility and social justice values to my practice. I also bring a Health at Every Size (HAES) mindset to my work with disordered eating.
I pay careful attention to how my various identities impacts my work and my day-to-day life.
I support clients as they examine their own identities within a larger historic and social context.
