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Dr. Kimberly Grocher, PhD, LCSW:
"Helping professional women, creative entrepreneurs and couples achieve health and wellness."

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You’re the woman that everyone around you looks up to and admires. On paper, it looks like you’re at the top of your game. You’ve got the degrees, the title, maybe even the home that you’ve always dreamed of among some other proverbial boxes you’ve been able to check off, but inside you’re spiraling and struggling. Maybe it’s anxiety, stress, grief, past traumas or recent losses (or all of these) that have you feeling off.  Whatever it is, it’s starting to affect your relationships and probably your physical health. Something has to change now….

 

Maybe you’re that couple that’s trying to create the culture of your relationship, but it’s so challenging because you’re coming from different backgrounds and cultures. Or maybe you’re trying to figure out how to adjust to a new stage in life. You’re both slammed with all of life’s obligations and trying to achieve your individual goals, but somedays it feels like your partner is your nemesis instead of your biggest supporter. Where do you even begin to get back on track? How do you get past the anger and resentments that have been building?

It can be difficult to admit you need help to sort it all out and figure out how to heal and move forward. It can be even harder to find a professional who gets you and you can trust.

 

I help adults and couples cope with:

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  • Stress

  • Trauma

  • Mood Disorders

  • Anxiety Disorders

  • Perinatal Mood Disorders/Maternal Mental Health

  • Fertility Challenges

  • Couples Therapy/Marital Counseling

  • Life Transitions (such as loss, relocation, career change and/or starting a business)

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Live Happier, More Fulfilled Lives
My Counseling and Coaching Approach

As a psychotherapist, executive coach, and yoga & mindfulness meditation teacher, I offer potential clients a few different ways to work with me. The common thread through all my services is using a mind-body approach to help my clients center their emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health. When we are healthy, we have the energy and wherewithal to make the changes we want to see in our lives and relationships. My clients have often shared that they appreciate my professionalism and down to earth nature in our work together.

 

Counseling for Adults & Couples

 

Individual Therapy for Adults:

 

I provide 1:1 psychotherapy services (including intensive sessions) that incorporate:

 

  • CBT (mindset work)

  • Mindfulness

  • Movement (yoga)

  • EMDR

  • Brainspotting 

 

Couples Therapy:

 

I work with couples using a culturally sensitive approach that infuses 

 

  • Psychodynamic therapy

  • Gottman Method 

 

We explore issues that are obstacles to a healthy, fulfilling relationship. I also help my clients develop new ways of being in the relationship to create a relationship culture that is healthy, serves the couple and the individuals in the couple.

 

Executive Coaching:

 

1:1 and group coaching services are provided to professional and entrepreneurial women who want to get to the next level in their career and/or start a service-based business while being in alignment with their personal goals and ideal lifestyle.

 

We use the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) Assessment to help bring awareness to how the client’s beliefs, thoughts, feelings and actions may be preventing from them from achieving their goals and how to go about changing them. Brainspotting can also help clients with overcoming internal blocks and obstacles to their professional and personal growth. 

 

Services are provided virtually with limited in person appointments available in Bronxville, NY and Fort Lauderdale, FL.

My Background

I am grateful to be able to work in my calling and help people become healthier so they can realize they have the power to design the life they want to live. In addition to being a practitioner, I am an avid creator, learner and teacher.

 

I earned my BS in Psychology from Towson University in Baltimore, MD, MSW from Howard University in Washington DC, MA in Media Studies & Media Management from The New School in New York City and PhD in Social Work from Fordham University in New York City. 

 

I completed post-graduate training in Psychodynamic Couple Therapy at the Training Institute for Mental Health in NYC and received coach training through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC). I also completed yoga teacher training at Yoga Haven in Scarsdale, NY, am a qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and completed the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program facilitated by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. 

 

I am an adjunct professor at Columbia University School of Social Work, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and Lecturer of Social Work in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. I’ve presented on topics related to health, wellness, media, anti-racism and cultural humility in health care, academia, and clinical practice at national and international conferences.

You Deserve to Live Your Best Life!
Get Started Today...

I would love to speak with you about the possibility of setting up a session. Give me a call at 954-391-5305 for your complimentary consultation so we can discuss how I can help. 

 

I'm licensed in both Florida and New York. I offer both in office sessions at our Fort Lauderdale office and convenient online counseling sessions on a telehealth secure platform. 

 

I look forward to talking with you! 

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