Kim Kindred
LSW, Certified Equine Practitioner
Introducing the Provider
“The only constant in life is change.” – Heraclitus
Change can bring stress, uncertainty, grief, and growth. Kim believes that navigating these transitions with support and compassion can also create opportunities to reconnect with yourself, discover your strengths, and move toward a more authentic and fulfilling life.
Kim brings curiosity, openness, and warmth to each interaction. She recognizes that every person’s journey is unique and strives to create a space where clients feel accepted and supported exactly where they are. Her goal is to help clients navigate some of life’s most difficult experiences while reconnecting with themselves and developing the confidence to move forward at their own pace.
Professional Experience
Before entering the mental health field, Kim spent 20 years as a professional horse trainer and coach. Her relationship-based approach to horsemanship emphasized self-awareness, communication, and the connection between mind and body. This experience continues to shape how she understands relationships, emotional regulation, trust, and healing.
Kim earned her Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke College, where she double majored in Psychology and Sociology with a particular interest in human rights. She later pursued graduate studies in clinical social work at Smith College School of Social Work and Bryn Mawr College’s Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.
Her professional and personal development has also included training in practices that emphasize mindfulness, embodiment, and self-awareness. Kim is a Reiki Master Teacher, Theta Healing Practitioner, certified 200-hour yoga instructor, and Equine Practitioner.
Kim has experience supporting individuals navigating trauma and complex trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, grief, significant life transitions, and other mental health challenges. Her background has contributed to a particular interest in trauma-focused, somatic, and experiential approaches to healing.
Therapeutic Approach
Kim takes a trauma-informed, somatic, experiential, and mindfulness-based approach to therapy. She believes healing involves not only understanding our experiences but also recognizing how stress, trauma, and emotions are held and experienced within the body.
Her therapeutic approaches include:
- Somatic & Body-Based Practices – Helping clients develop awareness of physical sensations, emotions, and nervous system responses while building a greater sense of safety and connection within their bodies.
- Mindfulness-Based Therapy – Using mindfulness, grounding, and present-moment awareness to support emotional regulation and reduce feelings of overwhelm.
- Experiential Therapy – Incorporating breathing, grounding, movement, and other experiential techniques that allow clients to engage in the therapeutic process beyond traditional talk therapy.
- Trauma-Informed Therapy – Creating a safe, collaborative environment that recognizes the impact of trauma while honoring each client’s individual experiences, strengths, and pace of healing.
- Nature-Based & Equine-Informed Practices – Drawing from Kim’s extensive background with horses and nature to inform her understanding of connection, trust, regulation, boundaries, and nonverbal communication.
- Strengths-Based & Person-Centered Therapy – Meeting clients where they are and helping them recognize their existing strengths, inner resources, and capacity for meaningful change.