Kimberly Mena

Kimberly Mena is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with four years of clinical experience. She practices in Florida and works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coaching. Her background as a veteran informs how she understands difficult life events and major transitions.

Kimberly takes an evidence-based approach that includes cognitive and behavioral tools. She uses techniques that address thinking patterns, emotional regulation, and bodily responses. Sessions are collaborative and practical, focused on what helps a person function better day to day.

She also pays attention to how identity, culture, and life roles shape struggles. Kimberly addresses relationship stress, blended family issues, communication problems, and challenges tied to kink, BDSM, and alternative sex culture without judgment. Chronic pain, illness, disability, and first responder concerns are part of her scope as well.

Clients work on specific problems such as isolation, guilt and shame, jealousy, codependency, and feelings of emptiness. She supports people navigating divorce, separation, grief, and coping after disasters. Life purpose and coaching for next steps are offered alongside clinical concerns.

Kimberly describes her style as collaborative and steady. She blends practical skills with attention to body awareness and narrative work. To begin, prospective clients follow the site process to match and schedule an initial session.

How her therapeutic methods translate to telehealth

Kimberly uses evidence-based techniques that target thoughts, emotions, and bodily responses. Cognitive-behavioral approaches help identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and small behaviors that keep stress and anxiety going. Mindfulness-based work focuses on grounding and present-moment noticing to reduce reactivity and support emotion regulation.

She also integrates narrative and somatic-informed strategies. Narrative methods help people reframe difficult events and reclaim aspects of their story. Somatic-informed techniques draw attention to how the body holds stress and teach simple practices to reduce tension and overwhelm.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kimberly will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and what feels useful, and then adapt methods over time. The work aims to be practical and paced so clients can try tools between sessions and report back on what helps.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can use these formats to support progress while keeping therapy aligned with daily life and responsibilities.