- Anxiety and depression
- Parenting concerns
- Family of origin issues
About Kim
Kim Putz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Minnesota with 14 years of experience. She works with people whose emotions or relationships are affecting daily life, including anxiety, depression, anger, parenting concerns, and relationship strain.
Kim focuses on concrete changes clients can make. Sessions tend to spend time naming patterns, practicing new responses, and checking what actually helps in day-to-day life. She also brings attention to family of origin issues when those early patterns still show up in current relationships.
Her background includes work with a range of concerns such as grief, addictions, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with life changes. She also addresses caregiving stress, blended family adjustments, communication problems, and conflict over control or dependency patterns.
Therapeutic methods she uses include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and the Gottman Method. In practice this means balancing present-moment skills, exploring emotional patterns in relationships, and applying behavior-focused tools to shift interaction patterns.
Kim is able to work with individuals, couples, and families and uses a straightforward style. Sessions are suited to people who want to identify repeating patterns, try different ways of relating, and make practical changes in their daily life.
How Kim applies therapy approaches in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then taking committed action toward what matters. It can help when anxiety, depression, or avoidance are keeping someone from ordinary goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses small experiments to test new behaviors, which is useful for stress, mood, and anger management. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) works on patterns of emotional response in close relationships and can help couples and individuals shift how they connect.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Kim will try practical tools in early sessions and adjust the focus based on what helps the client make changes in daily life.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten follow-up check-ins, or allow meetings without a long commute. It can also let people try skills between sessions in the settings where they live and relate, then bring results back to the work with the therapist.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, addictions, depression, and related issues such as anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
Which therapeutic approaches does she use?
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and the Gottman Method to address thoughts, feelings, and relationship patterns.
How much experience does she have?
Kim has 14 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and families on emotional and relational concerns.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in Minnesota and practices with that credential.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled and how do I start?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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