Kimberly Soutien, LMHC

Kimberly Soutien is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with five years of professional experience helping people navigate relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, self-esteem challenges, and depression. As an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - she combines practical support with a strengths-based view that recognizes each person as the expert of their own story. Kimberly works with clients on issues such as attachment and abandonment, codependency, communication and control struggles, guilt and shame, infidelity, and questions about life purpose and non-monogamous relationships. She also supports those facing sexual dysfunction and the process of rebuilding self-love and confidence after difficult experiences.

Kimberly frames therapy as a collaborative process that honors a client’s resilience while offering guided strategies to address what feels blocking or painful. She understands that reaching out for help takes courage and provides steady support as clients take steps toward greater fulfillment and well-being. Her approach centers on helping clients identify strengths, build new skills, and create healthier patterns in relationships and within themselves, all tailored to individual goals and circumstances.

Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Relationship and Trauma Work

Kimberly emphasizes evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to relationship and trauma-related concerns. One focus is trauma-informed work that helps clients process distressing experiences, reduce overwhelm, and rebuild a sense of safety in relationships. This approach supports recovery from abuse, complicated grief, and other trauma-related symptoms.

Another emphasis is relational and attachment-informed intervention that explores patterns in relationships, communication, and connection. This work helps clients address issues like codependency, abandonment concerns, infidelity, and intimacy challenges by identifying patterns and practicing new ways of relating.

She also uses skills-based strategies to strengthen self-esteem, manage depressive symptoms, and improve emotional regulation. These practical techniques are aimed at building coping skills, enhancing self-compassion, and fostering clearer communication.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process - Kimberly collaborates with each client to determine what fits best based on needs, goals, and preferences. Together they refine the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility and accessibility, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity of care during life transitions, and access licensed professionals from different locations.