- 35 years experience
- LMFT California
- Client centered approach
About Kim
Kim Connolly is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of experience in mental health. She spent much of her career in the nonprofit sector and has worked with people over both short and long periods of time. Kim draws on a broad background to help with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, self esteem and relationship concerns.
She has a long history of counseling people who experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse and helps them cope with what follows. Kim also supports those facing parenting challenges, eating and food-related issues, compassion fatigue, and adjustment after major life changes. Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family dynamics, and chronic illness or pain.
Kim describes her style as warm, interactive, and empathetic. She honors each person's pace and goals and aims to be direct and honest in sessions. Humor and compassion are part of how she connects and eases difficult conversations.
Over the years she has used a range of approaches depending on what a person needs and prefers. Her practice draws from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to shape practical steps in therapy.
Kim earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Sonoma State University and holds a California LMFT license. She lives near the California coast and often talks about the comfort she gets from dogs and simple everyday moments. If her approach sounds like a fit, she invites prospective clients to begin the matching process and schedule a session.
She has a long history of counseling people who experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse and helps them cope with what follows. Kim also supports those facing parenting challenges, eating and food-related issues, compassion fatigue, and adjustment after major life changes. Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family dynamics, and chronic illness or pain.
Kim describes her style as warm, interactive, and empathetic. She honors each person's pace and goals and aims to be direct and honest in sessions. Humor and compassion are part of how she connects and eases difficult conversations.
Over the years she has used a range of approaches depending on what a person needs and prefers. Her practice draws from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to shape practical steps in therapy.
Kim earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Sonoma State University and holds a California LMFT license. She lives near the California coast and often talks about the comfort she gets from dogs and simple everyday moments. If her approach sounds like a fit, she invites prospective clients to begin the matching process and schedule a session.