Kim Connolly , LMFT

Kim Connolly is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 35 years of experience in the mental health field. Much of her career has been spent in the nonprofit sector, where she has worked with a wide range of people in both short-term and long-term counseling relationships.

She has supported clients through personal growth work as well as clinical concerns including depression, anxiety, PTSD, attachment disorders, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, adolescent issues, grief and loss, and coping with chronic or acute physical pain. Kim has extensive experience counseling survivors of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and addressing the long-term effects that often follow those experiences. More recently she has helped people adjust to changes brought on by COVID in school, work, and home life.

Kim brings a warm, interactive, and empathetic presence to sessions and emphasizes respect for each person s individual pace and goals. She aims to be direct and honest while tailoring her approach to what makes each client most comfortable. Her work draws on many therapeutic methods, including client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness therapy, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, psychodynamic therapy, solution-focused therapy, and trauma-focused therapy. She also values the healing role of good humor in the therapeutic process.

Her path into mental health started early, including internship and work in residential settings and continued study at Cal State Chico. She completed a Master s in Counseling at Sonoma State University and went on to earn her marriage and family therapy license. Kim lives in California near the ocean and has a long history with dogs - from growing up with them to fostering and working with animal rescue and humane societies. Dogs remain an important and joyful part of her life.

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