About Kimberly
Kimberly Sullivan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with two decades of clinical experience in California. She has worked with many common mental health concerns and draws on years of practice to help people manage stress and anxiety. She uses TEAM CBT methods as a central part of her work.
Kimberly describes how learning this model transformed her practice and continues to shape her sessions. Her approach aims for practical change rather than long lectures or theory-heavy visits.
Background and approach
Sessions are focused and skills-based. Clients learn clear tools to handle worry, mood shifts, relationship problems, and unhelpful habits. Conversations aim to identify patterns, test small changes, and build new ways of thinking and behaving.
Kimberly blends clinical work with interests that inform her style. She has long experience with animals and training and sees parallels between learning with animals and learning new life skills. Her background in martial arts also influences how she values practice, discipline, and steady progress.
She offers video, phone, chat, and text-based options for sessions. That range lets people choose what fits their schedule and comfort. Kimberly works collaboratively to tailor the pace and methods to each person's needs.
How TEAM CBT and online sessions work together
TEAM CBT emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them with behavioral experiments, and practicing new responses. It focuses on concrete steps people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns. This approach tends to suit problems like worry, low mood, relationship patterns, and repetitive habits.Another helpful element in her work is behavioral activation. This involves planning small, doable activities that increase positive experiences and break cycles of avoidance. It can be especially useful for depression, low motivation, and people who feel stuck in routine avoidance.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps. Kimberly works with each person to match techniques to their needs and preferences, and she checks progress regularly.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions that include visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter, flexible check-ins and skill practice between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work even when travel or time is limited.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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