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Kimberly Sullivan, LMFT

Compassionate, practical therapy for measurable change

About Kimberly

Kimberly Sullivan is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California with twenty years of professional experience. She brings a practical, results-focused style that aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges.

Background and approach

Sessions are direct and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on skills clients can use between meetings. Her background includes long-term study of evidence-based methods and a strong interest in approaches that produce measurable change.

Kimberly learned and continues to use the TEAM CBT model developed by David Burns, MD, and has spent years deepening her use of its techniques. This work informs how she approaches mood, anxiety, and habit-related concerns.

Kimberly often works on issues such as trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, body image, and self-esteem. She also helps people navigate life transitions, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and problems tied to attachment or abandonment.

Conversations in sessions focus on practical steps, coping skills, and clearer communication. Outside clinical work, Kimberly has teaching and coaching experience from running a riding school and from martial arts training.

She also trains therapy dogs and finds parallels between animal training and behavior change with people. These interests shape a hands-on, disciplined approach to therapy.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Kimberly works with individuals who want focused, evidence-informed care to reduce symptoms and build more effective daily routines.

How practical therapies translate to online care

TEAM CBT is an approach that breaks problems into workable parts and teaches specific skills to reduce symptoms and change habits. It offers concrete exercises for mood, anxiety, relationship patterns, and habit change so people leave sessions with clear steps to practice.

Another useful technique often used alongside TEAM CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them in everyday life. This helps people challenge negative beliefs about themselves, others, and the future and replace them with more balanced alternatives.

Finding the best method is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, daily routines, and what’s been tried before to decide which techniques to try first. Clients and the therapist adjust the plan together as progress is tracked and needs shift.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and fit support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to practice skills in real-life settings.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?
Areas commonly addressed include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, addictions, grief, eating and sleeping problems, and ADHD-related difficulties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a direct, skills-based approach focused on practical steps and measurable change. Sessions emphasize tools you can try between meetings and clearer communication strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has twenty years of professional work experience and has spent many years studying and applying evidence-based methods to a range of diagnoses and problems.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and practices there.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
Which formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.