About Kim
Kim Class is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. She brings 28 years of experience to conversations about career challenges, addiction, depression, and coping with life changes. Her approach is practical and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel more steady day to day.
She works with clients on self-esteem, bipolar and mood concerns, and caregiving stress.
Background and approach
Her practice also addresses attachment issues, codependency, blended family concerns, and forgiveness work. Kim has experience in both nonprofit and personal settings and currently balances administrative work at a local agency with a independent practice. In sessions she focuses on creating an open, nonjudgmental space where people can share thoughts and feelings.
She uses a mix of approaches to match the person's needs rather than relying on a single method. Clients can expect a conversational style that is goal-minded and respectful of their pace. Kim also helps people facing first responder stress, trauma and abuse, and issues that arise after divorce and separation.
She brings experience with complex presentations such as co-morbidity and dissociation and aims to break problems into manageable steps. When someone is unsure how to begin, she encourages that first step and offers guidance on what therapy might look like. Practical suggestions and collaborative planning are central to her work, along with helping clients build routines that support long-term coping.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience without judgment. In practice this means sessions center on the client's concerns and priorities, which can help with anxiety, self-esteem, and relationship issues.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name difficult emotions and respond to them in new ways. It is useful for intimacy-related concerns and relationship stress because it highlights patterns in how people connect and react to each other.
Motivational Interviewing supports change by exploring a person's own reasons for wanting something different. It is often used for addictions, career shifts, and when someone feels stuck and unsure how to move forward.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That choice can be adjusted as therapy progresses to reflect what is helping most.
Online formats - video, phone, live chat, and text messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people use visual cues and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth or hands-free options are needed. Live chat and text messaging offer short check-ins, quick problem-solving, and a way to stay connected between longer sessions. These options provide flexibility while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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