Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
How Kimball works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kimball
Dr. Kimball Pier is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, anxiety, addiction, anger, and life transitions.
She aims to help clients manage overwhelming emotions and find practical steps forward. Her approach is down-to-earth and collaborative. She listens for what matters most and helps people build skills they can use between sessions.
That might mean learning ways to calm the body, trying new communication patterns, or reflecting on how past attachment shapes current choices.
Background and approach
Dr. Pier has long experience with family-related concerns such as divorce, co-parenting, blended family issues, and caregiving stress. She also supports clients dealing with chronic illness, hospice and end-of-life questions, and workplace compassion fatigue.
Much of her practice addresses the emotional aftermath of abuse, historical trauma, and substance use challenges. Her training includes several clinical approaches that guide her work, including attachment-based ideas, mindfulness, Jungian perspectives, and somatic techniques. In sessions she draws from these methods to match practical tools to a person's needs rather than following a fixed script.
People often come for help with communication problems, body image and self-esteem, or trouble managing anger and intense mood swings. Dr. Pier works with those concerns one step at a time, helping clients try new ways of coping and noticing what changes.
She welcomes stories as a starting point for seeing a different path forward.
What Kimball works with
Everything Kimball lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kimball's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kimball lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How attachment, mindfulness, and somatic work translate online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current trust and communication. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns and practice new ways of relating in day-to-day life.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills that reduce reactivity and help with anxiety, stress, and grief. In remote sessions clients learn short practices and bring them into their routines between meetings.
Somatic Therapy links body sensations to emotional states and offers ways to calm or shift physical responses to anger, trauma, and overwhelm. Exercises used in sessions can be practiced during video or phone meetings and repeated later as needed.
Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, comfort level, and what they hope to change. That way the plan evolves from session to session.
Online formats offer flexibility and make regular work easier to maintain. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for therapy exercises and deeper conversation. Phone sessions and live chat are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and quick coaching between scheduled meetings.
Questions people ask about Kimball
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She supports people with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and family issues, stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, and mood concerns including depression and bipolar disorder.
How would you describe the therapist's style and approach?
The style is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on listening, skill-building, and trying concrete tools for communication, emotion regulation, and coping.
What background and experience does the therapist bring?
She has 30 years of clinical experience across multiple settings, working extensively with grief, trauma, relationship issues, and family conflict resolution.
Which professional credentials and region apply?
She is a CA LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available for working together?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.