Key details
- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Tennessee / 3352
- NPI1467415018
- Experience26 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationTennessee
About
- Strengths focused
- CBT and DBT skills
- History and goals
About Kim
Kim Padula is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Tennessee with 26 years of practice. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship strain, grief, anger, and challenges around identity and life transitions.
She uses a strengths-focused view and treats therapy as a collaborative effort. Early sessions look at your history and the relationships that shaped you. Together you pick clear objectives and make a practical plan to work toward them.
Kim draws on a mix of evidence-informed methods to guide the work. Expect straightforward conversations, skill-building, and check-ins about how new strategies are going. She emphasizes perspective and accountability alongside emotional support.
Sessions aim to move beyond insight so people have more choices in how they respond to stress or conflict. That can mean learning new coping skills, changing patterns of thinking, or practicing different ways to communicate when anger or resentment rises.
Her approach is iterative and goal-oriented. The plan is reviewed and adjusted as progress unfolds. If you want to know more about how a first session typically goes, she asks that you use the online matching button to schedule and complete the intake steps so you can start with a clear agenda.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own experience and goals. It involves listening and reflecting so the client shapes the direction of sessions and identifies what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and teaches clear skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete tools for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication when anger or overwhelm arise.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is reviewed.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for flexible check-ins that focus on skill practice between meetings. Therapists also use online sessions to review progress and revisit goals so the work stays practical and tied to everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
26+ years
Listed in
Tennessee
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, relationship issues, grief, LGBT concerns, caregiving stress, mood disorders, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She takes a strengths-focused, team-based approach that emphasizes practical skills, perspective, and accountability alongside emotional support.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of practice since becoming licensed in 1995 and has worked consistently in clinical social work.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Tennessee and practices from that state.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session to get started.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.