If you’re struggling under the weight of anxiety, the anguish of gender dysphoria, or the suffocating grip of depression, I can help. Consider this a safe space where pain is acknowledged, struggles validated, and dreams nurtured.
Gender dysphoria, anxiety, depression, dissociation, addictions, self-harming and suicidal ideation are common among the population I serve. I also am honored to work with neurodiverse individuals, including people who struggle with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Specialized Treatment for
Anxiety
Depression
Trauma
Gender Dysphoria
Suicidal Ideation
I can help.
My Approach
My approach with therapy clients is influenced by my training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), a therapy technique used to process past traumas. EMDR works by helping individuals reprocess distressing memories, enabling them to heal from the symptoms of emotional distress associated with traumatic events. For example, traumas such as childhood abuse, car accidents, natural disasters, and combat experiences can be effectively treated using EMDR.
In addition to EMDR, I am also a ketamine-assisted psychotherapy provider. Ketamine has shown promise in treating trauma, anxiety, and depression by modulating certain neurotransmitters in the brain. This can lead to rapid improvements in mood and reduction of symptoms, especially for individuals who have not responded to traditional treatments.
My ability to artfully blend psychodynamic approaches while using evidence-based psychotherapies aids my clients in gaining deeper insights about themselves while also creating space for the creation of new, more positive beliefs about yourself, others and the world.
My graduate degree from Cal State Fullerton and post-graduate licensure hours at the LGBTQ+ Center of Orange County have equipped me with the expertise to specialize in the treatment of gender dysphoria. Having treated primarily transgender individuals while working at the Gender Identity Center in Phoenix, and now living in California, about half of my current clients are transgender. Furthermore, I welcome neurodivergent individuals, including those on the autism spectrum and those who struggle with ADHD.
My Clients
Most of my clients have been struggling for a long time before deciding to seek therapy. The desire to escape the pain of living with anxiety, depression, gender dysphoria, self doubt and social anxiety leads many of my clients to self-sooth through a variety of ways including eating, drinking, gaming and shopping too much. Many will enter, return or remain in painfully toxic or loveless relationships in attempt to avoid entering into a space where the focus is upon oneself. Some struggle with suicidal ideation.
I can help.
LGBTQ+ AFFIRMING
In working with clients within the LGBTQIA+ community, I have found that all have suffered, in varying degrees, from identity rejection.
Majority of my LGBTQ+ clients learned at a young age to hide their feelings and adopt the norms of a hetro-normative binary system as a means of survival and as a means of advancing and navigating through the world. Most these clients were continuously taught, nudged, prodded and constrained during childhood to fit as closely as possible to the expectations of the sex assigned them at birth, including loving the opposite sex. Fear of rejection has often forced many of my clients to making daily contextual calculations to optimize their sense of safety and wellbeing, to fit in and to meet the expectations of their family, friends, classmates, significant others and community.
Exploring one’s gender identity and affectional orientation within the safe, non-judgmental framework of psychotherapy can provide a vital opportunity for self-knowledge and self-acceptance.
If you are transitioning and are needing a referral letter, please call. (Very proud of you by the way.)
I encourage you to schedule a consultation. We’ll meet and talk for a bit. You’ll know by the end of the consult whether you think I might be of some help to you.
Weekly Sessions
Duration of sessions is typically 50 minutes.
⦁ In-network provider for Aetna, Optum, and United HealthCare.
$135
YES! I AM INTERESTED IN SCHEDULING A FREE CONSULT!
Let me help you.
Kim Kabar, LMFT
Licensed marriage and family therapist
AZ15538 | CA115632
Education
Master of Science in Counseling
California State University, Fullerton
Bachelor of Science in Communications
California Polytechnic University, Pomona
My Specialties
- Identity rejection trauma
- Gender dysphoria
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship Dependency & Avoidance
- Food & body image
- Grief And Loss
Something that makes me…
GIDDY
Serendipitous moments
SMILE
Sunflowers
WINCE
Judgment
PROUD
Being part of the LGBTQ+ community
JOYFUL
Being witness to others transformations
My core values
Living in
INTEGRITY
Making a
DIFFERENCE
Living
JOYOUSLY
Being
AUTHENTIC
Celebrating
CREATIVITY
It has taken me…
Years
Months
Weeks
Days
Hours
Minutes
…To walk the path that leads to you.
Contact me
You can reach me by e-mail at healerofhearts@kimkabar.com or by using the form below.