Kim Connolly

Kim Connolly is a California-based therapist with 35 years of experience in the mental health field. Much of her career has been spent in the nonprofit sector, where she has supported many individuals in both short-term and long-term therapeutic work.

Her clinical practice addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief and loss, self-esteem, relationship and family conflicts, parenting and teen issues, eating disorders, anger management, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. She has a long history of counseling people who have experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse and the challenges that follow.

She approaches therapy in a warm, interactive, and empathetic way, honoring each person’s pace, goals, and preferred path forward. Kim is direct and honest, and she adapts her methods to match what each client needs and finds comfortable. Her approach draws from multiple therapeutic models - family systems, solution-focused, existential, cognitive, and psychodynamic - and she also emphasizes the healing power of loving humor.

Her involvement in mental health began early, including an internship at a group home in Nevada City, California while she was in college. She attended California State University, Chico, worked in various roles in the field, and went on to earn a master’s degree in counseling from Sonoma State University. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California.

Kim now lives near the ocean in California and shares her home with a dog. She has long enjoyed caring for dogs through fostering, shelter work, and boarding, and finds their companionship and humor to be an important part of her life.

If Kim Connolly seems like the right fit, prospective clients are encouraged to take the next step toward starting therapy.