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Kimberly Whiteford

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #LMFT-123600
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Kimberly Whiteford, MA, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #LMFT-123600
(619) 332-4448

I have over 25 years of experience as a mental health professional, treating various conditions and concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship issues, addiction, abuse, and much more. I offer a nurturing and supportive counseling approach, and will do everything I can to support you in finding tools and solutions for the challenges you face. With compassion and a dependence on the Lord’s wisdom, I will listen to your story and use my decades of experience to craft a treatment plan that will meet your unique needs. I look forward to seeing how the Lord uses your counseling experience to help you heal and grow as an individual and restore any broken or damaged relationships in your life.

San Diego - Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat

About

I have years of experience working with teens, adult men and women, premarital and married couples, families, and groups facing a wide variety of issues. I have also counseled many women who have previously been in abusive situations and are now working toward having and maintaining healthy connections with others. No matter what challenge you may be facing, I would be honored to walk with you in your counseling journey as we find practical ways for you to experience health in every aspect of your life – physically, emotionally, mentally, relationally, and spiritually.

My Goal as a Christian Counselor

My goal is for you to gain healing, hope, and healthy coping skills that will help you deal with life in the best way possible. I am passionate about helping my clients realize any distortions in their thinking and beliefs about self, and move on toward telling themselves the truth. By telling ourselves the truth, we are able to work without false beliefs that hinder our healing and success. I also find great joy helping clients work toward God-honoring relationships.

What I Offer in Christian Counseling

I will come alongside in a very supportive and nurturing way, offering you a safe space to process. I am quite personable and will treat you with a caring attitude and a great deal of respect. I am very process-oriented, because I believe that internalized anger and depression are harmful to individuals. It’s important to me that you feel able to trust me as your therapist so you are free to talk about your thoughts and feelings. This will help you sort out your feelings and thoughts, express them, and come to good decisions.

My Approach to Christian Counseling

I believe that having a distinctly Christian approach to counseling gives hope and determines some of the basic values and ideologies that are vital to the healing of Christian clients. Scripture is helpful to people for healing, hope, and direction in how to live and has an important impact on our decisions in life.

Biography

Qualifications & Experience

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a BA in Psychology from Christian Heritage College and a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Hope International University. I have been counseling professionally since 1996.

My Call to Christian Counseling

I decided to pursue Christian counseling as a career path because I felt led to help people heal, to nurture them in the Lord and in life, and to help lead them to their best life possible.

More About Me/On a Personal Note

I am happily married and have two sons and one grandson. I love being a mom! My hobbies are spending time with friends and family, gardening, hiking, and singing in our church praise band.

Services and Specialities

Areas of Expertise/Specialties

  • ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Chemical Dependency
  • Coaching
  • Counseling for Teens
  • Couples Counseling
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Family Counseling
  • Grief and Loss
  • Group Counseling
  • Individual Counseling
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Men’s Issues
  • OCD
  • Online Counseling
  • Personal Development
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Professional Development
  • Relationship Issues
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Spiritual Development
  • Trauma
  • Women’s Issues

Anxiety

I believe that anxiety needs to be explored and expressed. As your counselor, I will help you investigate your thoughts and feelings and identify which thoughts and core beliefs are contributing to feelings of anxiety. I will support you in finding coping skills to best deal with anxiety and manage it in a healthy way.

Premarital Counseling

I have been married for 18 years, and I realize that marriage is difficult at times. It can also be fantastic and supportive! I love to help equip my clients with tools for marriage, including a good understanding of the five love languages (by Gary Chapman), as well as an understanding of healthy communication skills and exploration of how to be supportive of each other’s life dreams.

Counseling for Teens

Teens are in the beginning stages of individuating and figuring out who they are and what they believe. I would help you, as a teenager, to feel supported through the hard times, and to develop healthy coping skills to use now and in the future.

Family Counseling

I enjoy working with families to explore the unique dynamics and work within those dynamics to help each individual feel heard and supported. I have been part of many family counseling sessions in which teens were finally able to talk about their thoughts and feelings.

Women’s Issues

I enjoy helping women face the issues in their lives, whether it includes bad past relationship experiences, trauma, or issues concerning women’s health and motherhood. I will come alongside you to help support you through difficult issues, and to develop increased healthy skills and social support. One of the most effective tools is to learn about how our thoughts contribute to our emotions, and how to manage them all.

Payment and Forms

Sessions: I offer 53-minute sessions. Sessions can be held more than once per week, weekly, or every other week. Scheduling options are discussed in greater detail during your Risk-Free Initial Session.

Availability (by office location):

  • San Diego – Wednesday, Friday & Saturdays

Fees: I offer a Risk-Free Initial Session for individuals, couples, families, and groups looking to pursue counseling with me. Please note that there is a fee for the Risk-Free Initial Session as it is a clinical hour and reimbursable to most insurance companies, but if you choose not to reschedule and continue therapy after the initial session the entire fee for the session will be waived. For ongoing treatment the full fee per session is required at the time of service.

Insurance: As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, most insurance companies will reimburse for a portion of my services (as an Out of Network Provider). Please consult with your insurance provider as to whether they specifically cover adolescents, individuals and couples.

Receipts/Statements: In the event you require a printed or digital receipt, I will provide receipts for personal use, insurance reimbursement, Flex Spending Accounts (FSA), and Health Savings Accounts (HSA).

Payment options: Cash, Check, or Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, & American Express).

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