Kimberly Drew, MA, LPC

Originally from Seattle, Washington

ABOUT

Kimberly Drew is a business owner, EMDR therapist, and has helped several therapists earn their license as a supervisor in the State of Oregon. Serving Central Oregon since 2015.

Kimberly first worked with teen girls on a ranch in WY that was faith-based, but there were serious problems in how they used religion in the therapeutic space. It was such an intense experience at 23 years old, Kimberly needed to gain more training in counseling and ethics, and was accepted into Seattle University’s School of Theology studying clinical psychology to become a spiritually integrated counselor.

Kimberly began working in private practice in Bend in 2015, creating a psychospiritual brand as a clinical counselor. Kimberly worked at the nonprofit WaterCup Counseling in Redmond as a Christian counselor for 4 years. Seeing women’s spiritual role in their churches and helping them process childhood trauma in order to serve their family and church more effectively, was deeply inspiring.

Since grad school, Kimberly has always framed therapy as a psycho-spiritual endeavor, grounded in clinical frameworks, simultaneously listening deeply to spirit, using breath, intuition, and creativity. On a clinical level, Kimberly committed early in her career to study cutting edge, evidence-based modalities that are proven to be effective- to not lose heart, get jaded, or burned out.

Over the years, Kimberly’s niche has formed into facilitating the processing of trauma through EMDR, DBR, Ketamine Assisted Therapy and Internal Family Systems. In her 15 years experience working in mental health, real, lasting life changes always happen when old trauma wounds, sometimes 20+ years old, are cleared out. There is an art in approaching the presenting issue using each intervention wisely and with strong rapport. Being from a family of multigenerational engineers and software developers, Kimberly appreciates a logical approach, and since the brain is very similar to a computer, she hones her inherent ability to map out the solution. For example, following the correct order of operations in the EMDR protocol, guarantees achieving practical results while maintaining stability throughout the process.

Basically- Kimberly will set up the framework for her clients to be successful in achieving their desired result.

Currently, Kimberly enjoys working with community leaders, business owners, working and/or single moms, men who may be disenchanted with touchy feely therapeutic techniques, anyone involved in the legal system, and anyone who is burned out.

Most clients who step into the office, have childhood trauma in which their spiritual path has already transformed into a strength. However, the impact of the trauma is not totally cleared and the substantial burdens create negative emotional/somatic activation mixed in with their functional role or professional genius. The brain pathways are often so deep the activation is immune to traditional talk therapy and more advanced interventions are needed.

Take your therapy to the next level and clear out the burden at a neurological level!

Kimberly has gone through all of these modalities on her own spiritual path, including EMDR therapy with trained EMDR specialists, DBR processing, medically administered KAP sessions and sacred medicine circles with experienced facilitators, Internal Family Systems. Kimberly has a wide network of experienced teachers, healers and grateful for the community here.

Kimberly really loves Central Oregon, the creative culture, the landscape, and happy to call Bend home. She is grateful and honored to serve in this capacity.