About Kim
Dr. Kim Gorecki offers a calm, practical approach to therapy that focuses on what matters most to the client. She draws on client-centered work to hear your concerns, and uses skills-based methods to reduce stress and anxiety.
Her style is collaborative and strength-focused, aimed at helping people find clearer thinking and more balance in daily life. She has 24 years of clinical experience, with a background in outpatient mental health, correctional settings, and psychiatric hospitals.
Background and approach
That range shaped a straightforward way of working that emphasizes coping skills, communication, and manageable steps forward. Dr. Gorecki blends short-term solutions with longer therapy when people want more depth.
Sessions often mix talk with practical exercises. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques help identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with more useful habits. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to calm racing thoughts and return to the present moment.
Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused methods support clear goal-setting and steady progress. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy questions, parenting strains, grief, anger, and career concerns. Additional focus areas include communication problems, divorce and separation, life purpose, pregnancy and childbirth, and women’s issues.
Dr. Gorecki also offers support around LGBT and family-related topics. Dr.
Gorecki earned her doctorate in clinical psychology in 2005 from the Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology. She is licensed as a Wisconsin Psychologist 2810 - 57. Her approach is practical, patient, and aimed at helping people regain a sense of control.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's perspective. It creates room for clients to set the pace and priorities of sessions, which works well for stress, relationship concerns, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety and low mood in place by teaching practical skills and homework exercises to use between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy offers brief practices to calm the mind and reduce reactivity, useful for managing racing thoughts and day-to-day stress.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Dr. Gorecki will start by asking about your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together you can try an approach for a few sessions and adjust if needed so therapy stays practical and relevant to your life.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when video isn't possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging provide short check-ins, written reflections, or quick skill practice between sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can keep momentum even when life is hectic.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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