About Kim
Kim Erin OConnor is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey. She focuses on reducing stress and anxiety, easing grief, and addressing depression and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing addictions, anger, life changes, and compassion fatigue, and provides coaching to help set and reach personal goals.
Kim uses straightforward talk therapy and practical techniques. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts.
How Kim works
She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach breathing and grounding practices that reduce reactivity. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change. Her work often includes issues linked to serious health concerns such as cancer, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and caregiver stress.
She also helps people dealing with co-morbidity, drug and alcohol addiction, panic attacks, seasonal affective disorder, social anxiety, and phobia. Sessions aim to clarify immediate concerns and build steps for change. Kim has three years of documented experience as an LPC.
She designs sessions to be practical and goal-oriented, matching tools to a person’s needs. People can expect direct questions, collaborative planning, and attention to what works in day-to-day life. Sessions are offered in English and take place online in several formats.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the site. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Kim lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Kim works with
The areas below are the ones Kim selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Kim uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify thought patterns that increase worry or low mood and then practice different responses. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and social anxiety. She also teaches Mindfulness Therapy skills such as breathing and grounding exercises to reduce reactivity and improve present-moment focus. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone feels stuck or ambivalent about change; it helps clarify personal reasons for taking steps forward.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to current problems, goals, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. Together they review what feels helpful and adjust the plan as needed so the work fits the person's life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support shorter updates, coaching-style exchanges, or between-session check-ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use tools in real time.
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