Kimberly Peltola, LCSW

Kimberly Peltola is a Connecticut-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and anger among other concerns. Kimberly focuses on practical ways to manage difficult feelings and daily struggles without using jargon.

She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. Attachment-based ideas guide work on patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect anger and trust. Mindfulness practices are introduced in short, usable ways to help with intense emotions and attention problems.

Sessions are interactive and focused on building a dependable therapeutic relationship. Kimberly emphasizes collaboration rather than directive instruction, and she keeps professional boundaries while working alongside clients. Expect straightforward conversations about patterns, coping strategies, and small behavior changes you can try between sessions.

Her background includes work across individual and group settings with a range of concerns such as grief, addiction, parenting strain, eating and sleeping issues, ADHD, and career stress. She uses motivational interviewing when helping people weigh change and commit to practical steps.

Kimberly offers a mix of evidence-informed tools aimed at real-life improvement. She encourages short experiments in daily life and checks what does or does not work. If someone wants help managing anger that shows up at home or work, she helps break down triggers and build alternative responses.

How her approaches translate to online sessions