Curriculum Vitae: Kimberley Mead, LPC-S, NARM Certified Therapist

Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor (Texas #68640 & Georgia #LPC013473)

    • Master of Arts in Counseling St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas 2011

    • Bachelor of Arts; Design & Photography San Jose State University, San Jose, California

    • Parsons New York City, NY Summer Design Program

    • Seeing Death Clearly; End of Life Clarity Podcast

    • Working with Adoption Trauma: Transforming Trauma NARM Podcast

    • Working with Adult Adoptees: NextQuest Podcast

    • Opening the Lid Conference: Guest Presenter

    • Texas Statue University: Guest Lecturer

    • Death & the Therapist: Exploring Death, Dying, and Therapeutic Presence

    • Working with Grief (Presented for Just Mind Counseling)

    • Expressive Arts for Grief (Presented at Austin’s Center for Grief and Loss)

    • I Double Dog Dare You to Open a Private Practice (Self PacedWorkshop towards Creating an Ethical, Sustainable, & Thriving Practice)

    • Notes and Treatment Planning (Self-Paced Training)

    • Working with Suicidality (Self-Paced Training)

    • HIPAA for Therapists (Self-Paced Training)

    In Development:

    • Working with The Lasting Impacts of Adoption: Creating an Adoption Informed Therapy Practice (Training)

    • Adoption & Attachment Wounds (Consultation Group for Adoption Therapists)

    • A Year of Grief: Deep Dive into Connecting to Our Mortality as Both Clinician and Human (Training & Discussion Group)

    • The Grieving Therapist: Handling Counter transference, Self Care, and Self Disclosure (Workshop)

    • Grief Through the Lens of Attachment: Exploring How Attachment Style Impact Heart Break, Loss, and Healing (Workshop)

    • I Double Dog Dare You To Start A Private Practice: Practical Tools, Honest Truths, and Permission to Do It Your Way (Book Release Late 2026)

In-Depth Trainings/Certifications (attended)

  • NeuroAffective Relational Model; trainer: Brad Kammer

  • NARM Master Class: Personality Disorders, led by Larry Heller

  • Somatic Experiencing (Intermediate III), trainer: Maggie Kline

  • SE Master Class: Somatic Experiencing for Aggression & Depression; led by Peter Levine

  • Master Class: Adoption & Foster Care Year Long Intensive; led by Robyn Gobbel

  • EMDR, trainer: Rick Levinson

  • Gottman Method Level I & II, trainer: Vagdevi Meunier

Supervision Trainings (attended)

  • Wingspan Supervisor Training; Sabrina Kindell (60hrs)

  • Working with Boundaries in Supervision; Spirit Reigns Equine Therapy

  • Supervision and Supervisee Well-Being; Nikki Rubin

  • Managing Relationships within Supervision; Anne Stoneson & Juliana Taylor Shore

  • Compassion Fatigue Among Therapists of Color; Esther Boykin

  • Supervision in Mental Health Care; Benjamin Caldwell

  • Self-Disclosure in Therapy, Benjamin Caldwell

  • Decolonizing Clinical Supervision; Dana Stone and Jessica ChengFeng

Lectures and Workshops (Attended)

  • Bridging the Science to Real Life;Applied Modern Attachment and Relational Neuroscience; Dr. Sue Marriot & Anne Kelly

  • Embodied Communication: The Language of Pressure; Kate Naylor

  • The Myth of Self-Regulation; Betty Badenoch

  • Affect Regulation, Attachment & Trauma a Sensorimotor Approach; Pat Ogden

  • Healing Adult Attachment IWM; David Elliot AINC

  • The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Social Communication & Self-Regulation; Porges

  • The Principals of NARM; Brad Kammer

  • NeuroAffective Relational Model, (NARM); Dr. Larry Heller

  • In An Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma, Dr. Peter Levine

  • Affect Regulation, Attachment and Trauma; Don Catherall

  • Brains in Session; Juliana Taylor Shore, LPC-S, LMFT-S

  • Foundations in Interpersonal Neuroscience and Therapy; Juliana Taylor Shore

  • Tracking Neural Pathways; Juliana Taylor Shore

  • IPNB & Treatment Planning: Using the 9 Levels of Integration, Juliana Taylor Shore

  • Working with Shame in Psychotherapy; Steven Finn

  • Adoption, Narcissism, and the Counseling Room; Katy Perkins & Melanie (JaeHee) Chung-Sherman

  • Reframing Adoptee Struggles into Superpower; Chaitra Wirta-Leiker

  • Rewriting the Truth: Making Room for Adoptee Narratives, Liz Debetta

  • The Need for Nourishment: Adopted People and Disordered Eating, Katy Perkins

  • Religious Trauma and the Drive to Belong; Emily Stone

  • Freeing the Natural Voice; Melissa Grogan

  • Grief & Trauma Group Facilitation; Khris Ford, Austin’s Center for Grief & Loss (26 hrs)

  • Identifying Dissociative States in Clinical Interactions,

  • The Nurturing Program: Facilitator Training; Loretta Masse (25 hrs)

  • BCBT for Suicidality 2-DayTraining; Texas Suicide Prevention Collation

  • Trauma First Aid; Dr. Geneie Everett

  • Complicated and Traumatic Grief; Khris Ford, LPC, Austin’s Center for Grief & Loss Learning Series

  • Children & Adolescent Grief, Khris Ford, Austin’s Center for Grief & Loss Learning Series

  • Navigating Grief Healing and Resilience: The Hero’s Journey through Loss and Suicide; Tyler Gibson

  • BCBT for at Risk Military Personnel; Texas Suicide Prevention Collation

  • Private Practice Incubator; with Michelle Bohls, LPC year-long incubator

  • EFT Level 1 & 2; Kay Christopher

  • Introduction to Self-Relations and Generative Trance; Ted Walls

  • Resilience-Offering Hope; AINC Conference

  • HIPPA for Therapists; Katie Malensky

  • The Intuitive Mind in Relationships; Michelle Bohls

  • When High Conflict Couples Become Violent; presented by Lifeworks

  • Spirituality & Grief Conference, presented by Austin’s Center for Grief & Loss

  • Ethics of Art Therapy; Megan Van Meter

  • The Power of Discord: Why the Ups and Downs of Relationships Are the Secret to Building Intimacy, Resilience, and Trust; Claudia Gold, Ed Tronick, & Juliane Taylor Shore

  • Sensory Processing Disorder and Its Implications in Healing Trauma; Robert Scaer

  • Ethics and Personal Loss, Countertransference, and Self-Disclosure in Grief Support; What’s Your Grief training series, Eleanor Haley