Kimberly Sheffield, MSW

For the ones who are tired of carrying everything alone, together we create a place to come back to your body, your breath, and your own steady rhythm.

Maybe your body feels tense, shut down, overwhelmed, or always waiting for the next thing to go wrong. Maybe you have spent so long pushing through that you are no longer sure what you need. Maybe you understand your patterns intellectually, but still feel like you can't stop the reaction from happening.

I support adolescents, adults, and couples who are navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, burnout, life transitions, and the tender work of coming back to themselves.

This is a space where you do not have to have the perfect words. You do not have to rush, explain everything at once, or perform being okay. We can slow down together and pay attention to what your body, emotions, and inner world may be trying to say.

My approach is warm, trauma-informed, creative, and body-based. I believe healing is not about fixing what is “wrong” with you. It is about making space for what you have been carrying, building a relationship with yourself that feels safer and more compassionate, and finding ways to move through life with more steadiness, choice, and ease.

How I work:​

Somatic Therapy

Sometimes insight is not enough. You may know why you react the way you do and still feel your body go into panic, shutdown, anger, numbness, or overwhelm.

Somatic work invites us to gently notice the ways stress and past experiences show up in your body, through breath, sensation, tension, movement, and the urge to pull away or protect yourself. Together, we practice slowing down, tracking what is happening in the present, and building tools that help your nervous system feel more supported. This is not about forcing yourself to relive painful experiences; it is about moving at a pace that feels safe enough for your system.

Ocean Therapy

For clients who feel drawn to nature and the water, I also offer ocean-based therapy sessions. The shoreline can become a supportive setting for grounding, reflection, sensory awareness, and reconnection with your body.

Ocean therapy may include gentle walking, noticing the rhythm of the waves, breathwork, mindfulness, creative reflection, or simply allowing the natural environment to support the work we are already doing in therapy. There is no pressure to enter the water or do anything outside your comfort level. Beach-based sessions can be adapted to your needs, capacity, mobility, and comfort with the environment.

Art-based Healing

Not everything needs to be said out loud to be understood. Art can offer another way into the things that feel difficult to name, organize, or explain.

We may use drawing, painting, collage, imagery, or simple creative prompts to explore emotions, memories, needs, and possibilities. No artistic experience is needed, and there is no pressure to make something “good.” The focus is not on the final product; it is on what becomes possible when your inner world has somewhere to go.

Internal Family Systems-informed work

At times, it can feel like different parts of you want completely different things: one part wants closeness, another wants to pull away; one part keeps everything together, while another feels exhausted, hurt, or afraid.

Using Internal Family Systems-informed work, we get curious about these parts rather than judging or trying to get rid of them. We can explore what they have been protecting, what they need, and how you can relate to yourself with more compassion. You are not “too much” or a collection of problems to solve. You are a whole person whose inner world deserves care.

Couples Therapy

I work with couples who want to understand each other more deeply, repair patterns that keep repeating, and build a relationship that feels safer and more connected.

Using Gottman Method-informed tools alongside a compassionate, body-aware approach, we explore the patterns beneath conflict. Not to decide who is right or wrong, but to help each partner feel heard and supported. We make room for communication differences, emotional needs, boundaries, intimacy, trust, and the everyday stressors that can create distance over time.

Training and Certifications

• ocean therapy, 2026

• art healing, 2026

• trauma focused CBT, 2026

• somatic healing, 2024

• emotional freedom techniques (EFT) and tapping, 2025

• narcissistic abuse and gaslighting treatment, 2025

• Gottman level 1, 2025