Kimberly "Kim" Frey
Compassionate, practical therapy for families and stress
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kimberly
Kimberly "Kim" Frey is a licensed professional clinical counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She also offers support for family concerns and for people navigating ADHD-related challenges. Her tone is respectful and direct, aiming to make first steps feel doable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
Kim brings 20 years of clinical experience in California to her work. She listens first and adapts the conversation to fit each person's situation.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer communication, and problem-solving that can be used between meetings. Her approach blends client-centered talk with evidence-based techniques. That means the person’s goals guide the plan, while specific tools are added to address symptoms and behaviors.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation when needed. Mindfulness practices and solution-focused strategies are woven into sessions to build small, achievable changes. These methods help with day-to-day stress, improving family interactions, and boosting confidence over time.
Kim avoids a one-size-fits-all plan and adjusts techniques to match real-life priorities. She emphasizes a collaborative relationship where people set goals and measure progress together. The initial steps are simple: a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session.
Kim aims to make therapy accessible and practical for busy lives.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with empathy and following the person’s lead so goals come from what matters most. This helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort priorities and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and help choose methods that match the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. These formats make it easier to keep regular appointments, bring up issues as they come up, and practice new skills between meetings. The combination of clear techniques and flexible access aims to make therapy practical for busy family lives and ongoing stress.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
Next step
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- Stop at any point