Kimberley Mead, LPC-S, NARM Certified Therapist

Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor in the state of Texas (#68640), Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Georgia (#LPC013473)

In-Depth Trainings Attended

  • The NeuroAffective Relational Model, NARM Training by Brad Kammer
  • Somatic Experiencing (Beginning I, II, III & Intermediate I, II, III), Maggie Kline
  • EMDR, Rick Levinson
  • Gottman Method Level I & II, Vagdevi Meunier
  • NARM Master Class: Personality Disorders, lead by Larry Heller
  • SE Master Class: Somatic Experiencing for Aggression & Depression; Peter Levine
  • Master Class: Adoption & Foster Care Year Long Intensive; Robyn Gobbel

Supervision Trainings Attended

  • Wingspan Supervisor Training; Sabrina Kindell (60hrs)
  • Working with Boundaries in Supervision; Spirit Reigns Equine Therapy
  • Decolonizing Clinical Supervision; Dana Stone and Jessica ChengFeng
  • Supervision and Supervisee Well-Being; Nikki Rubin
  • Self-Disclosure in Therapy, Benjamin Caldwell, PsyD, LMFT
  • Managing Relationships within Supervision; Anne Stoneson & Juliana Taylor Shore

Lectures & Workshops Attended

  • Bridging the Science to Real Life; Applied Modern Attachment and Relational Neuroscience; Dr. Sue Marriot and 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
  • 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, PhD, LMFT-S
  • Freeing the Natural Voice; Melissa Grogan, LPC
  • Grief & Trauma Group Facilitation, trainer Khris Ford, Austin’s Center for Grief & Loss (26 hrs)
  • The Nurturing Program: Facilitator Training; trainer Loretta Masse (25 hrs)
  • BCBT for Suicidality 2-DayTraining; Texas Suicide Prevention Collation
  • Trauma First Aid; trainer Dr. Geneie Everett
  • Complicated and Traumatic Grief; presented by Khris Ford, LPC, Austin’s Center for Grief & Loss
  • Children & Adolescent Grief, presented by Khris Ford, Austin’s Center for Grief & Loss
  • 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 yearlong incubator
  • EFT Level 1 & 2, trainer Kay Christopher
  • Introduction to Self-Relations and Generative Trance; Ted Walls
  • Resilience-Offering Hope; AINC Lecture Series
  • HIPPA for Therapists; Katie Malensky
  • The Intuitive Mind in Relationships, Michelle Bohls
  • When High Conflict Couples Become Violent; presented by Lifeworks
  • Spirituality & Grief Conference, Austin’s Center for Grief & Loss
  • Ethics of Art Therapy; presented by 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, and Juliane Taylor Shore
  • Sensory Processing Disorder and Its Implications in Healing Trauma; Robert Scaer

Education

  • Master of Arts in Counseling St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas
  • Bachelor of Arts; Design & Photography San Jose State University, San Jose, California
  • Parsons New York City, NY Summer Design Program

Therapy Work Experience

Appearances & Podcasts

    • 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
    • Expressive Arts for Grief: Austin’s Center for Grief and Loss – Lunch & Learn

Trainings & Workshops by Kimberley

    • Death & the Therapist: 3hr Workshop for Therapist
    • I Double Dog Dare You to Open a Private Practice; Self-Paced workshop 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
    • Working with The Lasting Impacts of Adoption: Creating an Adoption Informed Therapy Practice* In development
    • Shaking Hands with Death : A 6 Month Deep Dive into Connecting to Our Mortality as Both Clinician and Human* In development