Kim Broadnax, LISW - Therapist in Ohio

About Kim

Kim Broadnax is a licensed independent social worker in Ohio with 40 years of professional experience. She focuses on common pressures like stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Kim also helps with relationship and family concerns and supports people facing career questions or attention challenges such as ADHD.

Her approach is warm and respectful. She creates space where clients can speak about feelings, values, and faith without fear of judgment.

Background and approach

Kim believes seeking help takes courage and sees the first step as an important part of change. Kim uses straightforward, practical methods to help people make progress. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen closely and build a trusting relationship. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help manage stress and increase awareness of moment-to-moment experience. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone needs help clarifying goals and building motivation for change.

Kim works with adults who are navigating family problems, caregiving stress, chronic illness, or aging-related concerns. She pays attention to communication patterns and family of origin issues that shape how people relate. People come to her for help with forgiveness, self-esteem, life purpose, and coping strategies.

Sessions are presented in an encouraging, practical style. Kim aims to support and empower each person toward clearer choices and manageable steps forward.

Approaches and online care that fit your life

Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist offers empathy and acceptance, helping people clarify what matters to them and feel heard. This approach is useful when someone needs a steady space to talk through values, beliefs, and difficult emotions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify patterns of thinking that increase stress or sadness and then tests new ways of thinking and behaving. It is practical for anxiety, depression, and solving specific problems that affect daily life. Mindfulness Therapy offers simple exercises to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting swept up by them, which can reduce stress and improve focus.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they decide whether to emphasize listening, skills training, mindfulness, or motivational techniques based on what helps most.

Online therapy makes these methods accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. This flexibility helps people fit sessions into busy schedules, manage caregiving responsibilities, or stay connected when travel is difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to work well across these formats, so progress can continue even when meeting remotely.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Kim commonly help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, coping with life changes, self-esteem, career questions, and ADHD. Additional focus areas include caregiving stress, chronic illness and aging concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is warm, respectful, and nonjudgmental. She listens closely and uses practical techniques to help people move forward.

How much experience does she have?

Kim has 40 years of professional work experience supporting people with stress, caregiving, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

What credentials and where is she licensed?

She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker, LISW, with license number OH LISW I.0005832 in Ohio.

Which languages are offered and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started with therapy?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 40 years
Licensed: Ohio
Languages: English

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