About Kay
Kay Ibarra is a licensed professional counselor with nearly three decades of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, trauma, relationship strain, and life transitions. Kay aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so clients can see small changes that matter.
She works in a warm, nonjudgmental way that lets people speak openly about painful topics. Sessions focus on real-life problems like sleep troubles, career strain, parenting stress, addiction concerns, and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
Kay listens carefully, then chooses tools that fit each person's situation and goals. Kay began practicing in 1992 and has worked in community behavioral health and independent practice. She held licenses in California and Louisiana before moving to Georgia, where she has been an LPC since 2002.
Her broad experience means she has supported people with single concerns and with overlapping issues over many years. Her approach blends several evidence-informed methods so she can tailor work to the person. That can mean learning new thinking patterns, building emotion regulation skills, or clarifying personal values and goals.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and focused on the next useful step. Kay adapted to virtual work during the COVID pandemic and found that remote sessions made scheduling easier for many clients. She offers multiple online formats so people can pick what fits their life and comfort level.
If someone wants steady, practical help, Kay partners with them to map out the path forward.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small, practical steps toward those values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD challenges, and when life feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that keep problems going. It often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on noticing and shifting strong emotions and improving how someone understands and expresses feelings in close relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kay will discuss what feels most useful, try methods that match your goals, and adjust the plan over time. This collaborative process helps find what actually helps in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, ongoing coaching-style guidance, or written reflection between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule while using ACT, CBT, or EFT techniques in ways that work for the individual.
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What this therapist works with
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- 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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