About Kimberly
Kimberly Portanova uses an evidence-based, person-centered approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 15 years of experience. Kimberly speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
She helps people who are coping with parenting strain, anger, and past abuse. Kimberly also supports clients working through mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, communication problems, and challenges around self-worth and women's issues.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to identify strengths and steady, manageable changes. Kimberly often frames therapy as a guided journey. She describes the client as the expert in their own story and offers direction when obstacles get in the way.
Conversations are meant to clarify goals and set small, realistic steps toward them. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. People leave sessions with concrete strategies to try at home, and time is taken to review what worked and what didn't.
Group work is part of her background, including past leadership in anger management groups. Kimberly emphasizes courage and self-discovery. She supports people as they make choices about their lives and practice new ways of coping.
If the approach feels like a fit, the next step is a short matching process to arrange sessions.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Kimberly draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building skills and changing patterns. One common approach centers on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood; it helps people break cycles of worry and reactivity. Another useful method emphasizes grounding and safety skills for people coping with trauma and past abuse, offering steps to manage distressing memories and strong emotions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to match techniques to their concerns, goals, and day-to-day routines. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging make short check-ins and ongoing support possible between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule counseling around family and work demands and to try different formats to see what works best.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English