Dr. Kimberly Deus Sullivan

Dr. Kimberly Deus Sullivan is an LMHC based in Indiana with 20 years of professional experience. She focuses on supporting adults, adolescents, and children through common problems like anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship strain, and eating and food-related issues. Her style aims to create a calm, accepting space where people feel heard and can begin to make changes.

She brings a practical, integrative approach in sessions. That means she listens first, then uses techniques that fit the person sitting across from her. Sessions often involve talking through patterns, trying small behavioral changes, and practicing coping skills that can be used day to day.

Kimberly draws from attachment-based ideas to help people understand close relationships. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to target unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and elements of dialectical behavior therapy are used for emotion regulation and grounding when stress or intense feelings arise.

Her background includes work in private practice, schools, churches, universities, inpatient behavioral health, and intensive outpatient settings. This variety has shaped a flexible way of working that adapts to different life situations and practical needs. She may recommend podcasts, books, or short exercises between sessions to support progress.

People come for help with grief, parenting strain, caregiver stress, body image concerns, and coping with major life changes. The focus in sessions is on simple, usable steps that fit into everyday routines and on understanding the patterns that keep old problems going.

How attachment, CBT, and mindfulness shape online work

Attachment-based work helps people notice how early relationship patterns affect current bonds. It focuses on understanding reactions in close relationships and building safer ways to connect and trust. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and calm the nervous system.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to see which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process can involve trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is tracked.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Online work also supports following through on between-session tools like guided mindfulness practices and homework exercises, so clients can apply skills where their daily life happens.