Meet kIM
Kimberly O'Connell, LMFT, MT-BC
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at a glance:I want to walk alongside you to help you feel more balanced in your identity as together we build a solid foundation of love, care, and kindness for yourself that can positively impact the relationships that are most important to you
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I appreciate working with:
- Families seeking help to better understand their child’s emotional world.
- Children in need of creative play to process and better understand their feelings.
- Families experiencing chronic illness, anticipatory grief, and bereavement.
- Couples in life transitions such as becoming new parents or launching young adult children.
- Individuals asking questions of identity, especially within the context of their closest relationships.
- Women yearning to create peace with their body.
- Mothers in any stage of parenting who hope to feel more cared for and balanced in their identity.
- Couples and individuals seeking meaning in their later stages of life.
A closer Look:
Families have an emotional language that is expressed through play, imagination, and intuition. I would love to journey with you, your partner, or your family to explore and joyfully experience your emotional worlds together. I believe that enriching your family system through attachment-based therapy can help alleviate challenges you might be experiencing within yourself and create transformational change within your family. Together we can explore what makes you uniquely you and enrich areas of your life where you feel ready to grow.
OBJECTS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR:
I have been a licensed Music Therapist since 2006 and have engaged with children and families from all over the world in the hospital setting. This experience has helped me bring creativity and an experiential spirit to my practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Listed below is my educational background, training I have completed (and greatly enjoyed) and presentations I have given:
Education:
Training:
Presentations:
Education:
- B.S., Music Therapy-Saint Mary of-the-Woods College
- M.A, Marriage and Family Therapy-Christian Theological Seminary
Training:
- Restoration Therapy Level 1 training
- Gottman Level 1 training
- Neurological Music Therapy Level 1 training
- Heartlight Bereavement training
Presentations:
- “When Acute Becomes Chronic: Supporting Families in a Children’s Hospital”
- “Collaboration in End-of-Life Care: Creative Approaches to Legacy Work”
Slideshow:
schedule an appointment:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we would like to continue to fulfill your therapy needs while also taking precautions to be safe to everyone who enters our building. We will be implementing the following guidelines to best serve you.
Hours:
Kim offers appointments on Mondays (7 am to 8 pm), Wednesdays (7 am to 5 pm), and Fridays (7 am to 4 pm).
Rates:
$100 per 50 minute session (individual clients)
$125 per 75 minute session (intake appointment, couples, families)
$150 per 90 minute session (couples, families)
Kim is currently accepting new clients.
- We have invested in a HIPAA compliant video conference that is easy and simple to use. Your therapist will assist you in setting up your appointment. All you need is a private space, and an internet capable device that can do a video conference (such as a smart phone, tablet or computer). Please let your therapist know as soon as possible if you have any questions about what an online session is like. Attached is also an information document on setting up your online appointment to assist you.
- If you feel sick in any way and cannot attend your virtual appointment, please alert your therapist as soon as possible. We have reduced the within 24 hours cancellation fee to $25 so please call as soon as you can. 317-490-8492.
- If your clinician does become sick we will notify you as soon as possible and if need be, we will find you an appropriate referral to see another therapist as soon as we can. If you feel that you need immediate care please be honest about this so that we know to assist you with possible options.
Hours:
Kim offers appointments on Mondays (7 am to 8 pm), Wednesdays (7 am to 5 pm), and Fridays (7 am to 4 pm).
Rates:
$100 per 50 minute session (individual clients)
$125 per 75 minute session (intake appointment, couples, families)
$150 per 90 minute session (couples, families)
Kim is currently accepting new clients.
You can schedule an appointment with me by using the link below. You can also reach me by phone at 317-961-8429 or by visiting Joyful Counseling Indy.
Kim is an independently practicing clinician affiliated with Joyful Counseling.
Profile images by Lily Elizabeth Photography.
Profile images by Lily Elizabeth Photography.