About Kim
I know what it's like to feel broken. I also know what it's like to come home to yourself.
Growing up as a creative and neurodivergent kid in the Midwest, I received a message early and often: I was too much and not enough at the same time. That contradiction took root. It became an inner critic so relentless I could feel it to my core as a constant, low hum of not-quite-right that shaped everything in pressure. Anxiety became normal. My relationship with food and my own body spiraled out of control. And then, in my early adulthood, I was sexually assaulted. The overwhelm and disconnection that had been building for years became a chasm. I felt, in the most fundamental sense, broken.
What found me next changed everything. Somatic psychotherapy gave me something I hadn't known was possible. It provided a path back into my own body that didn't feel like a threat. For the first time, I wasn't just thinking about and trying to avoid my experience; I was actually in it, befriending it and learning that my body wasn't the enemy but the seat of healing. Slowly, and then more fully embodied, I found my way to genuine self-trust and self-love. Not as concepts, but as something I could actually feel from finger tip to toe.
That journey, from survival to thriving, from fragmentation to wholeness, is the reason I do this work and support others on their paths.
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My approach
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with deep training in somatic psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, EMDR, and Internal Family Systems. I work with adults and teens navigating trauma, body image struggles, anxiety, shame, neurodivergence, and the particular exhaustion of holding it together on the outside while quietly coming apart on the inside.
My approach is holistic, creative, and compassionate. I bring evidence-based clinical tools alongside a genuine openness to the spiritual, the somatic, and the parts of healing that don't fit neatly into traditional therapy. I am not afraid to talk about sex, spirituality, philosophy, social justice, or the things that other therapy approaches sometimes avoid. I have a strong sense of humor and believe healing doesn't have to be grim to be transformative.
I practice in San Rafael, Marin County, and see telehealth clients throughout California.
The Rhythms of Resource
My own healing journey didn't just change my life; it changed how I understood life and meaning-making itself.
After years of clinical work, I kept noticing the same gap and struggle: people would have profound breakthroughs in the therapy room and then lose access to them as real life pulled them back towards old patterns. People’s insight and understanding were there. Yet the embodied capacity to do something new in order to feel safe, open, purposeful, resilient, and grounded in themselves wasn’t yet accessible outside a session.
That observation became the foundation of the Rhythms of Resource, which is a somatic meaning-making framework I developed to bridge exactly that gap. Built on five essential states of being that correspond to human development (Presence, Play, Purpose, Persistence, and Peace), the framework gives people a body-based map and path they can use not just in therapy but in the wilds of their actual lives.
The Rhythms of Resource often compliments my therapeutic process and extends beyond to an oracle deck, workbooks, workshops, and courses for people who want to go deeper into embodied spirituality. If that calls to you, you can explore the full framework at rhythmsofresource.com.
My values
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I have come to know the essence of many behaviors — and recognize that we always gain 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 systemic 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 impact my work and day-to-day life.”
I support clients as they examine their own identities within a larger historical and social context.
