About Kimberly
Kimberly Sullivan is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of professional experience. She has worked with many diagnoses and brings a practical, hands-on approach to therapy. Kimberly explains things plainly and focuses on techniques that help people change patterns and feel better in everyday life.
She learned the TEAM CBT approach after attending intensive trainings and has kept studying it since. TEAM CBT is a structured method that uses targeted exercises to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and relationship problems.
How Kimberly works
Kimberly practices these methods and continues to refine them through consultation and additional trainings. Sessions are goal-oriented and action focused. Kimberly often uses clear exercises, homework, and skills practice so people can try new ways of thinking and behaving between meetings.
She values steady progress and checks in often to see what is working and what needs adjustment. Outside of therapy she works with animals and enjoys training dogs, drawing parallels between animal behavior and human patterns. Her background with horses and long practice in martial arts inform a disciplined, steady approach to problem solving.
Kimberly aims to create a calm space where people can tackle painful issues and rebuild routines. People who want specific techniques, measurable progress, and practical tools tend to fit her style well. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible around busy schedules.
What Kimberly works with
The areas below are the ones Kimberly selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How TEAM CBT techniques translate to online care
TEAM CBT focuses on targeted exercises that change thinking and behavior. It uses techniques like structured thought records and behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and depression, and to address relationship and habit problems. These methods give clear steps a person can practice between sessions to notice real shifts.Another useful element is skills training for communication and emotion management. This includes short exercises to improve how people speak up, set limits, and calm strong feelings. These practices help with anger, attachment issues, and impulse control by building new routines and ways of responding.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try specific techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes it easier to find a mix of methods that fits the client’s needs and preferences.
Online visits offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist observe tone and facial cues during exercises, phone sessions can be used when video is difficult, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief coaching and skill reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping consistent momentum.
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