KIMBERLEY MEAD, LPC-S

Relational and Somatic focused therapist with over 14 years of experience. Specializing in Grief & Loss, Adoption Issues, Rough Starts/Childhood Trauma (C-PTSD), Major Life Transitions, and Relationship Counseling

hello@kmeadcounseling.com || In-person & virtual sessions || Licensed in Texas and Georgia
Providing Supervision for Texas LPC Associates (Learn More)

Our experiences often draw us in to a lonely, isolated place where emotions and thoughts threaten to overcome us like relentless waves. We have a longing to feel whole, and when we can’t find that path, we just feel broken.

We have this idea that knowing the “why”, something we all seem to long to figure out, will free us. But how often have you said “I know that, but it doesn’t change how I feel.” Our experiences live in both our memories and in our body - we must learn to approach healing both logically and somatically.

I don’t see you as broken, or a diagnosis and a collection of symptoms to treat, but as a complex person trying to uncover a path forward. For over a decade, I have dedicated myself to studying how we restore our connections, find movement, and achieve release from past pain. I know how to help you dive deep without getting lost or overwhelmed.

Therapy offers so much more than just coping skills. It offers a strong compassionate relationship and creates a safe space for self-exploration and understanding. I’ll welcome you with a warm, grounded presence. You’ll receive guidance, honest feedback, compassionate support, and a genuine desire to understand your world. I know how to sit quietly and hold space when you need to be heard, and I can bring raw honesty when needed, even dropping a well-placed cuss word to cut through the noise and get real. When needed, we may even discover some laughter to help navigate your heartache and find energy, ease, and yes, even peace.

What Makes Kimberley Unique

Experience & Connection
I’ve been a therapist for over 14 years, continually deepening my skills through extensive training with leaders in the field. My work is grounded in building meaningful, healing relationships that draw on both professional expertise and personal lived experience. And while training has shaped me in countless ways, some of the most profound lessons about love, healing, and embracing joy came from outside the therapy room, gifted to me by my dog, Gus. He was, without question, my greatest teacher and the very best boy.

Focus
Working with grief and adoption are more than a specialty for me, they’re my passion and have been from the very beginning. I became a therapist specifically to work with relational trauma and grief. I knew from personal experience how words often can’t capture the depth of our pain and that we need a witness to the rawness of loss. I understand the way loss unravels identity, purpose, and the very fabric of a person’s world and provide an unwavering commitment to serving these worlds. I am passionate about adoption as I am an adopted person myself, and I am passionate about grief work as a human who has learned that sitting with grief is a necessity yet so few of us are given the space to do so.

Creative Passion
I grew up in creative communities on the West Coast of California and the Great Lakes area of Canada, before making Austin my home over 25 years ago. My path to becoming a therapist wasn’t linear. I was a Creative Director, a traveling consultant, a small business owner, and a photographer. My creative spirit is still very much alive through my love of acting, design, and photography. I am the happiest and most content when I am creating.

Workshops & Consultation

Being a therapist can be both deeply meaningful and incredibly demanding—often in ways we don’t fully realize until we’ve been in it for a while. I’m now offering workshops for fellow therapists, not from a place of having it all figured out, but from the hard lessons I’ve learned about what it takes to stay connected and dive deep, while honoring yourself and avoiding burnout. My hope is to create spaces of learning, support, and honesty—because we need each other to thrive.

• Upcoming Workshops
  Befriending Grief: January 2026, In-Person daylong training, Austin Texas, January 9, 2026
  Conversations with Grief: Year Long Discussion & Training starting in February 2026
  (learn more)

• Consultations for
  Working with Adults Impacted by Adoption
  Private Practice Guidance
  Ethical Dilemmas
  Self Care & Boundaries for Therapists
  “Stuck” Case Consultation

• Peer Consultation $185 hour. For Therapists who are in their first two years of practice, I charge the same as your published rate.