Refuge Psychotherapy Your Mental Health Matters
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Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
- Mary Oliver
Meet your Therapist
I'm Dr. Kim Leverett
I am a board-certified Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist with over 20 years of experience in psychotherapy and psychiatric care. I hold a Ph.D. in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where my research explored narratives of healing and grace after childhood trauma: work that deepened my commitment to helping people find meaning and wholeness after profound suffering.
Life’s challenges can leave us feeling isolated and uncertain. If you're struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or a difficult transition, I'm here to walk alongside you. I believe healing happens not in isolation, but in relationship: in a space where you can be truly seen, heard, and understood.
Helping you Heal
My work isn't about fixing you or offering quick solutions. It’s about creating a safe, compassionate space where every part of you is welcome. A space where your story — with all its pain and beauty — can be witnessed with care, and where your path forward emerges from your own inner wisdom.
Individual Therapy for Adults
At Refuge Psychotherapy, I offer individual therapy for adults using an integrative approach that draws from:
Psychodynamic Therapy
Experiential
Internal Family Systems Informed
Trauma-Informed
Cognitive-Behavioral
What sets my practice apart is how I work, not from a position above you, but alongside you, as a fellow sojourner on the path toward healing.
Trauma-Informed Counseling & Support
I believe every person holds a deep longing to be fully seen and heard. That belief grounds my work.
I integrate trauma-informed approaches with relational depth, working collaboratively with you to understand not just symptoms, but the emotional patterns, protective parts, and life experiences that have shaped your inner world. We'll pay close attention to what unfolds between us — trusting that healing often happens through the therapeutic relationship itself.
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Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.
- Rilke
Why Mental Health is Important?
Why Mental Health Matters
Your mental and emotional well-being affects everything: how you experience your relationships, navigate your work, make decisions, find meaning, and move through the world. Yet we live in a culture that often asks us to push through pain, stay busy, and keep it together no matter what we're carrying inside. We're taught to prioritize almost everything else before tending to our inner lives.
The truth is that seeking support for your mental health isn't a sign of weakness - it's an act of wisdom and self-compassion. Just as you would see a physician for physical pain that persists, your emotional and psychological struggles deserve the same attention and care. Mental health challenges - whether anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, or the quieter ache of feeling lost or disconnected - are not character flaws. They're part of being human, and they respond to skilled, compassionate treatment.
Why Choose a Therapist?
How Working With a Therapist Can Help
There's something profoundly healing about being truly heard by someone who isn't part of your daily life - someone without their own agenda, who can hold space for all of you without needing you to be different than you are. Friends and family love us and want to help, but they're often too close, too invested in outcomes, or carrying their own needs in the relationship.
A therapist offers something different: trained expertise combined with an objective, compassionate presence. We're skilled in helping you understand patterns you might not see on your own, in identifying what's keeping you stuck, and in supporting you as you find your way forward. Therapy provides a confidential space where you can explore your most vulnerable thoughts and feelings, where you can be completely honest without worrying about burdening someone or managing their reactions.
Perhaps most importantly, therapy isn't just about solving problems or managing symptoms - though it certainly helps with both. It's about deepening your relationship with yourself, understanding your story more fully, and reclaiming parts of yourself that may have been lost or silenced along the way. It's about living with greater authenticity, connection, and meaning.
You don't have to wait until you're in crisis to begin therapy. Some of the most transformative work happens when people come simply because they sense something is calling for attention - a persistent dissatisfaction, a feeling of being stuck, or a longing to understand themselves more deeply.
If you're wondering whether therapy might help, that wondering itself is often worth exploring.
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When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.
- Brene Brown
Start your Healing Journey Today
Contact Dr. Kim Leverett to learn more or schedule a free consultation.