Kimberly Brandon

Kimberly Brandon is a Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Clinical Counselor practicing in Los Angeles and the Bay Area and accepting telehealth clients throughout California. Her practice specializes in helping individuals, couples, and groups move past the effects of challenging experiences. These effects may include feeling stuck, creatively blocked, being unsure of how to move forward, feeling depressed or anxious, dissociation, unwanted behaviors, or feeling disconnected from work or other people. In being supported through the processing of difficult emotions and limiting beliefs, clients can learn to take the next steps towards feeling comfortable, safe, and content in daily life so that they might realize greater potentials personally and professionally.

Kimberly practices evidence-based trauma-informed, therapy modalities such as Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, and PACT. Trauma theory shows that the body stores and responds to the residuals of unresolved traumatic happenings, even long after the events cease. Kimberly helps clients identify unprocessed trauma and resulting thoughts and patterned behaviors to provide relief and gain and/or restore a greater sense of agency. In her work with couples, she teaches partners how to effectively support one another and maintain regulation during times of conflict.

As a relational, psychodynamic therapist, Kimberly's approach is client centered and rooted in dyadic healing. Her practice is inclusive, warm, and compassionate, supporting clients of all backgrounds. She is poly-versed, kink-aware, and LGBTQIAA+ affirming. As a practicing Buddhist with a decade of experience in yoga therapeutics, Kimberly brings eastern philosophy, mindfulness, and movement interventions to session when appropriate. Her goal is to help clients attune to sensation, wants, needs and desires, and innate resources, so the resiliency necessary to thrive amidst adversity and trying times can actualize.