Kay Ibarra
Compassionate counselor for practical change
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kay
Kay Ibarra is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, grief, and addiction-related concerns. She speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable for parents and individuals balancing busy lives. Kay has practiced therapy for many years and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Kay has worked in community behavioral health and in independent practice. She began licensing work in 1992 and has been a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, in Georgia since 2002.
Background and approach
Over her career she also held licenses in California and Louisiana and provided supervision as a Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor while practicing in Georgia. Her approach blends several methods so sessions match each person's needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
She draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and build flexible coping skills. Kay also incorporates client-centered listening to create a nonjudgmental space. She pays attention to trauma, family-of-origin issues, sleep problems, caregiver stress, and co-occurring concerns so treatment addresses real-life complications.
Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, concrete skills, and steady progress. Kay shifted to virtual work during the COVID pandemic and found that many clients liked meeting from home. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and learn small, practical steps to move toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behavior patterns, with concrete skills to manage depression, anxiety, and sleep problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes warm, nonjudgmental listening so people feel heard and can explore concerns like self-esteem, family-of-origin issues, and caregiver stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kay collaborates with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. She adapts techniques over time so therapy stays practical and relevant as needs change.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility around busy schedules. These formats make it easier to work on skills between tasks, check in on progress, and maintain continuity when life gets hectic. Licensed professionals can use these tools to deliver the same core therapeutic techniques, while making scheduling and follow-up more convenient for people balancing work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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