About
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting challenges
- Trauma and grief
About Kay
Kay Ibarra is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with 29 years of experience practicing in Georgia. She has worked in community behavioral health and maintained private practice, and she lists concerns she works with such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting, relationship and family problems, and sleep difficulties.
Kay sees adults who bring a wide range of concerns. She helps people talk through grief, coping with life changes, addictions, anger, and low self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with caregiver strain, aging and geriatric issues, fertility worries, and family of origin matters.
Her approach draws on several counseling methods. Kay uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) depending on what a person needs. In sessions she tends to focus on practical skills, clearer communication, and managing strong emotions.
Kay began offering virtual work during the COVID pandemic and found that many clients appreciated meeting at convenient times. She has experience working with co-occurring issues and complex presentations such as bipolar conditions alongside other concerns. Sessions often include talking through patterns, practicing new coping strategies, and planning small behavior changes.
People who contact Kay are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
How sessions work
How Kay uses therapeutic approaches in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small committed steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on naming and understanding strong emotions to improve communication and connection in relationships.Kay treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods as needed. That means starting with conversation about what feels most urgent, then adding exercises, tracking, or skills practice that fit the client’s needs.
Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day by removing travel and allowing more flexible appointment times. It also makes shorter check-ins or phone-based conversations possible when a full video session is hard to schedule. Licensed professionals, including Kay, can adapt exercises and homework so progress continues between appointments.
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Experience
29+ years
Listed in
Georgia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family or parenting concerns does she address?
She works with individual adults on family problems, parenting strain, family of origin issues, and communication problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends client-centered conversation with practical techniques from CBT, DBT, ACT, and emotionally focused work.
How many years has she practiced?
She has 29 years of experience as a licensed counselor, with work in community behavioral health and private practice.
What credential and location are listed?
She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in Georgia.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.