Kimberly's Center is Marion County's compassionate response to the trauma of child abuse in a safe and child friendly environment. Through specialized services, the smallest victims receive quality and timely care by sharing their story and beginning their path to a healthy future. Kimberly's Center can be best described by the mission: Our Community working together to protect, serve, and advocate for abused and neglected children.
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Trauma-informed means that the therapist is knowledgeable about the impact of traumatic experiences on children and focuses the therapy on helping the child to understand, cope with, and grow beyond their traumatic experiences. Evidence-based means that therapists at the Kimberly's Center utilize therapy strategies that have been shown in research studies to be most effective in healing abused and traumatized children.
Therapists at Kimberly's Center have their Master's degree and are licensed or license-eligible in the fields of Counseling, Clinical Social Work, or Marriage and Family Therapy. In addition, we are a therapy training site for several local universities, including Webster University, St. Leo's and University of Florida.
Fees and Payment
Child and Family Therapy services at Kimberly's Center are trauma-informed, evidence-based, and provided at no cost to the family/caregivers.
Services Offered To: Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual
Payment: Pro-bono
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