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Kimberly Mena

Kimberly Mena, LPC, LMHC

Florida

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Licensed counselor - Stress and Trauma

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Trauma and grief
  • Life purpose work

About Kimberly

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 lists work with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and coaching among her core concerns. Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients. Kimberly also notes life purpose as one area she addresses.

She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage distress after major life changes. In sessions she uses approaches linked to cognitive and behavioral skills, emotion regulation, and narrative work. She also incorporates body-focused methods and creative exercises to address how experiences live in the body and in stories people tell about themselves.

Her background includes service in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Army, which informs how she understands stress tied to high-pressure roles and abrupt transitions. That experience shapes her focus on practical coping, clearer communication, and rebuilding routines after loss or change. She notes familiarity with first responder issues and blended family concerns among other areas.

People meet with her to talk through grief, complicated separation, chronic illness, or feelings of emptiness and isolation. She also works with relationship communication problems, codependency, and questions of sexual identity or alternate sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink. Sessions aim to address immediate distress while building skills for everyday life.

To begin, prospective clients select the online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Kimberly uses evidence-based techniques that translate well to remote sessions. Cognitive-behavioral methods focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical behavior changes; these are useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Narrative approaches look at the stories someone tells about themselves and help reframe those narratives to reduce shame or isolation.

She also uses body-centered and somatic strategies to notice how stress shows up physically and to add grounding exercises into a session. These techniques can help when trauma or chronic pain affect day-to-day functioning, and they pair with breathing and movement practices that clients can use between sessions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Kimberly will discuss goals and preferences and collaborate on which techniques to prioritize. That collaborative process helps shape session structure, pacing, and practical homework between meetings.

The biography indicates telehealth services for adults in Florida and mentions credentials in Texas and Florida. Because specific session formats beyond telehealth were not listed, confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so sessions can be scheduled around work or caregiving responsibilities.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

BDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsNarcissismPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

4+ years

Listed in

Florida, Texas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address related to life direction?

She helps people facing emptiness, questions of life purpose, and transitions after changes in work, relationships, or health.

How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?

Her style uses evidence-based techniques such as cognitive-behavioral tools and narrative work to identify patterns and test small changes in daily life.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has four years of practice as a counselor working with anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and coaching concerns.

What are her credentials and practice location?

She holds LPC and LMHC credentials and practices in Florida; sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to adults in Florida (and credentials include TX LPC, FL LMHC as listed).

What session formats are offered?

The original biography references telehealth services in Florida and Texas; confirm current session formats before booking to know available options.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.

Kimberly MenaLPC, LMHC

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