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About Spark Therapy
what are you still curious about?
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· therapy with me
· who i am
· fun facts
· online & in person
· fees
Therapy with me
I am a warm, directive, collaborative therapist. And honestly, pretty human in the therapy room. I don’t believe that good therapy should be personality-free. I show up authentically in our sessions while keeping the focus on you. Often, that means laughter alongside grief, and challenge alongside compassion.
I don’t expect my clients to do all of the talking while I just sit there and nod quietly. In session, I ask questions, offer what I notice, connect patterns across time, and pay attention to both what you know logically and what you are actually feeling or experiencing in the moment. And importantly, you are allowed to tell me when I get something wrong. My goal is to help you understand your experience more clearly, not to tell you what it means. If something I offer does not fit, I want to know.
From me, you can expect compassion without tiptoeing or sugarcoating. I won’t shame you, and I also won’t rush to label every difficult pattern as a problem. I am interested in understanding what your coping patterns have done for you, where they might be costing you now, and whether they still serve you in the same way. When I notice contradiction, avoidance, patterns, or a story you seem stuck in, I will bring it into session so we can get curious about it together.
How I work
My work is relational and integrative, meaning I do not use the same approach with every client.
I draw from attachment theory, CBT, ACT, IFS, and other approaches, depending on what fits you and the work we are doing. I pay attention to the patterns underneath the problem and how your emotions, relationships, coping strategies, and past experiences shape the way you respond in the present. Depending on your needs, our work may involve deeper exploration, examining a thought, belief, or pattern that is keeping you stuck, making room for conflicting emotions, experimenting with a different response, or figuring out practical next steps. My interventions are trauma-informed and responsive to your needs and goals.
Kim Garrett, MS, LPC, PMH-C
Well before I even knew I wanted to be a counselor, my path to this career began as a volunteer at a summer camp for grieving children. There I saw firsthand that grief and joy get to coexist. I didn’t know it then, but this would become one of the guiding philosophies of my therapy practice. There was something completely magical about seeing those kids go from grieving the death, to playing a ridiculous camp game, to talking openly about the hardest day of their life, and then back to giggling in the dark with their friends.
This has stayed with me.
After earning my MS in Counseling from the University of North Texas, I spent years helping children, adults, and families as they navigated cancer diagnoses, death, grief, and other major life transitions. I now have over a decade of experience helping people figure out how to keep living when life looks substantially different than they once expected.
My understanding of grief shifted again, becoming even more personal when my older brother died by suicide more than 10 years ago. While I will never presume that my loss means I know exactly how someone else feels, I do know what it is like to have your world shaken up and rearranged by loss. I know whatever comes next may not look the way you imagined, and I know that life can still be filled with moments that are joyful, frustrating, sad, funny, meaningful, mundane, beautiful, and painful.
And then I became a mom.
To twins.
In 2020.
So that was a smooth transition into parenthood…
While it may not seem intuitive that motherhood and grief are intertwined, I believe them to be inextricable. Whether you are missing the version of yourself who had more autonomy and space, grieving the way you thought motherhood would feel, or even feeling the ache of time passing as you already miss a version of your kiddo who is still right in front of you.
To better support mothers during pregnancy, the transition to parenthood, and beyond, I completed specialized, advanced training through Postpartum Support International (PSI) to become certified in perinatal mental health (PMH-C). Through PSI, I also serve as a volunteer coordinator of specialty services for parents of multiples.
Working with parents, I want to make space for the messier parts that we sometimes feel guilty or ashamed to say out loud. You can love your children with all your heart and still desperately need a break. You can be grateful for what you have and still be overwhelmed. Naming the hard parts often gives us more room to actually experience the good parts.
Parenthood also has a way of dragging stuff from our own childhood into the present. Part of our work together can include slowing down and noticing where these childhood wounds, patterns, or expectations show up in how we respond to our kids. The goal isn't to parent perfectly. It is to have more awareness, intention, and therefore more choice in deciding what you want to carry forward and what you want to do differently.
All of this has shaped how I view therapy and how I practice.
I am warm but I am not a blank slate. I pay attention. I track patterns, ask questions or offer hypotheses, and actively engage with you to help you better understand what is going on. I am interested in understanding what your coping strategies have done for you and helping you discern whether they are still working. I will challenge “should” thoughts when they come up and point out when you are holding yourself to a standard you would never expect of another living human being. I also allow myself room to be wrong and invite you to correct me when I’ve missed the mark.
I’m a big believer that our work together, while sometimes heavy, does not have to feel solemn. There is room with me for tears, anger, sarcasm, dark humor, and the idea that two things get to be true at once.
Mostly, I want therapy with me to feel human.
We can sit in the mess without pretending growth always looks pretty. We can work to understand why you had to become who you became, figure out what still fits, and make room to try something different, even when it feels scary.
And we can take life seriously without having to take ourselves seriously every single minute.
If you have gotten this far, something has probably resonated. You do not have to know exactly what you need, or have the perfect words for what is wrong, before you reach out.
Credentials:
Kimberly S Garrett
Texas LPC #78735
Oklahoma LPC #13012
Masters of Science, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, University of North Texas
Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University
Perinatal Mental Health Certification, Postpartum Support International
Want to learn more about me (the person!)? See below for some facts about who I am outside the therapy room
Some facts about me:
Give me a good book, a rainy day, and a comfy couch and I will be my happiest self.
I don’t believe in the concept of guilty pleasures. Some of my greatest pleasures are romance novels, The Bachelor, and all things Taylor Swift.
I’m a mom to twin girls. I wouldn’t trade being a twin mom for the world; it has been the most challenging and rewarding experience of my life.
I love to be outside and dream of living in the mountains. Please take me to the PNW.
If I’m not working or actively with my kids, I am probably listening to an audiobook.
I also have the sweetest dog named Ellie, who I try not to let feel neglected since her human sisters came into the picture.
That’s up to you! Virtual therapy is available to adults living anywhere in Texas or Oklahoma. As long as you are somewhere private and comfortable (with decent internet connection), you can come as you are.
where does therapy take place?
Prefer to meet in person?
In-person sessions are available in Fort Worth (Hulen/TCU area) on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Fees
Intake
One-time $215 fee for a 75-minute in-depth intake appointment. During this appointment I gather a full history to better understand what brought you to counseling and to make a roadmap of how we will plan to meet your goals for therapy.
Session (weekly/bi-weekly)
Regular sessions are $175 and are typically scheduled weekly or bi-weekly. We meet for 50-55 minutes.
Sliding Scale
I reserve a limited number of spaces for clients in need of a reduced rate. If paying the full session fee would be a hardship because of job loss, financial strain such as medical bills, or other life circumstances, please reach out to see what options might be available.
LET’S CHAT.
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