Kimberly Harris, MFT-LP

My Approach to Therapy

Kimberly believes that therapy should be a space where clients can bring their full selves without fear of judgment. Her therapeutic style is warm, compassionate, collaborative, and grounded in cultural humility.

Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, Kimberly works with each client to understand their unique story, relationships, strengths, challenges, and goals. She recognizes that the experiences people carry today are often connected to family patterns, past relationships, cultural expectations, trauma, and the environments in which they have learned to survive and connect.

Kimberly helps clients explore the relationship between past experiences and present-day emotions, behaviors, communication patterns, and relationships. Her work supports clients in developing greater self-awareness, strengthening emotional regulation, improving communication, establishing healthier boundaries, and creating more fulfilling connections.

For couples and families, Kimberly provides a supportive environment for identifying unhealthy interaction patterns, improving communication, rebuilding emotional connection, and developing healthier ways of navigating conflict. Her goal is not to assign blame but to help clients understand the patterns within their relationships and work toward meaningful, sustainable change.

Specialties & Areas of Focus

• Anxiety and depression

• Trauma and PTSD

• Relationship challenges

• Couples counseling

• Family conflict and family relationship concerns

• Communication difficulties

• Life transitions and adjustment challenges

• Identity exploration

• Grief and loss

• Self-esteem and personal growth

• Cultural and systemic stressors

• LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy

• Intergenerational and family-of-origin patterns

• Immigration-related psychological evaluations

Therapeutic Modalities

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

• Gottman Method

• Bowen Family Systems Theory

• Mindfulness-Based Approaches

• Trauma-Informed Care

Education & Credentials

• Marriage and Family Therapist Limited Permit- LMFT-LP

• Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy- Touro University Graduate

Client Focus

• Adults

• Individuals

• Couples

• Families