About Kimberly
Kimberly Peltola is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Connecticut who uses practical therapies to help people manage everyday struggles. She brings ten years of clinical experience and focuses on problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, and ADHD. Her style is warm and conversational to make it easier to talk about hard things.
Kimberly emphasizes building a strong working relationship as the starting point for change.
Background and approach
She works alongside people rather than lecturing them, and she respects each person's pace and goals. Sessions mix practical skills with attention to how relationships and past experiences affect current life. Her approach often includes cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new patterns, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.
She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and to boost follow-through. Kimberly has worked with a wide range of concerns including grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting stress, eating and sleeping issues, career shifts, and compassion fatigue. She supports people across sexual orientations and identities and addresses intimacy-related problems and self-esteem challenges.
Therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to the platform process and therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Kimberly commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness practices in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes, which can be practiced between sessions. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises that reduce reactivity and improve focus during daily life.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kimberly will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that match their needs and preferences. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust techniques over time based on what is helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options support flexible scheduling and let people pick the format that best fits their routine and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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