Welcome

Kim is here to help you navigate through life's challenges. We offer individual counseling services that are tailored to your specific needs whether in person or virtually. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, sexual abuse issues, or relationship issues, she's here to support you on your journey to healing. 

At Helpful Healing, we offer specialized couples counseling services to support you and your partner in enhancing communication, resolving conflicts, and fostering a stronger relationship. With Kim as your experienced guide, we are committed to helping you build and sustain healthy and rewarding relationships. 

Family dynamics can be complex and challenging. Our family counseling services are here to help you navigate through the challenges and build stronger relationships. Kim works with families of all sizes and backgrounds to help them communicate better, resolve conflicts, and build stronger bonds.

Kim offers convenient and flexible Telehealth appointments as well as in person appointments. Teletherapy services  allow you to connect with Kim from the comfort of your own home. Our teletherapy sessions are secure, private, and convenient.

EMDR is a therapeutic approach used to treat trauma-related disorders and mental health conditions. It involves bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, while recalling distressing memories. The goal is to facilitate the processing and integration of traumatic experiences, reducing their emotional impact. EMDR has been proven to be a highly successful trauma therapy. 

Kim has been practicing EMDR with a wide variety of individuals with complex trauma for over 15 years. She is a certified EMDR therapist, as well as an approved EMDR consultant through the EMDR International Association. 

Topics addressed include: Traumatic events, veteran's issues, sexual assault, childhood trauma, car accidents, robberies, house fires among others. 

Therapy for situational or ongoing anxiety and depression equips individuals with coping strategies and promotes insight and self-understanding. Helpful Healing Counseling provides a safe space, practical tools, and a deeper understanding of one's thoughts and behaviors, leading to meaningful improvements in managing these conditions. 

Therapy can be highly beneficial during life transitions, offering support and guidance as individuals navigate significant changes like moving, job changes or divorce. It provides a space to explore emotions, gain perspective, and develop coping strategies, helping individuals adapt and thrive during periods of transition.

Helpful Healing Counseling supports the entire family, including children and adolescents. By providing a supportive and safe environment where children can express themselves, explore emotions, and develop coping skills, Kim works with children of all ages to address various challenges, such as behavioral issues, trauma, anxiety, or difficulties with social interactions, helping them build resilience, improve communication, regulate emotions, and develop healthy coping mechanisms. Through therapeutic interventions tailored to their developmental needs, children can experience improved well-being, increased self-esteem, and enhanced overall functioning.Therapy modalities include play therapy, art therapy, entire family therapy 

Grief can be a confusing and challenging process. Whether the loss you experience is a death, major life event, or life changes, the grief process isn't linear and everyone grieves differently. 

More information coming soon. 

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that focuses on identifying and challenging negative thought patterns and behaviors to promote positive changes in emotions and behaviors. It helps individuals develop effective coping strategies and tools to reframe unhelpful thinking, leading to improved mental well-being.