About Kimberly
Kimberly Peltola uses a client-centered approach that puts the relationship first. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Connecticut who focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Her style is warm and interactive, and she works to make sessions feel practical and down-to-earth for people under strain.
Kimberly draws from attachment-based ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven into sessions to support coping and decision-making. Her work covers a broad range of concerns, including grief, trauma and abuse, parenting worries, addiction-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing career stress, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and intimacy-related issues.
Sessions are collaborative and focus on concrete next steps. Clients can expect to talk through specific problems, try practical skills, and set small goals between meetings. Kimberly aims to be present and nonjudgmental while keeping a clear professional boundary.
With ten years of clinical experience, she brings both practical tools and an emphasis on human connection. Kimberly helps people navigate life changes and develop skills to manage difficult feelings and relationships.
How Kimberly’s Approaches Fit Online Therapy
Kimberly commonly combines attachment-based ideas with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people understand relationship patterns and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships shape reactions and closeness, which can help when relationship trust or intimacy is a concern. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on identifying stressful thoughts, testing them, and trying small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression.She also brings mindfulness and motivational interviewing into sessions to support coping and motivation. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing helps clarify values and strengthens readiness to make changes. Choosing which mix to use is a collaborative process - the therapist and client will try approaches and adjust based on what feels helpful and meets the client’s goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and learning practical exercises together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing reminders between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- 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