Kimberly Ragas-Matalamaki, LPC

Kimberly Ragas-Matalamaki is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. She focuses on individual care for people from early adulthood through older adulthood. Her practice aims to be punctual, respectful, and nonjudgmental so clients can speak openly and work toward change.

Kimberly offers support for parenting challenges, relationship and family concerns, ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses issues related to adoption and foster care, aging, blended families, body image, cancer, caregiving stress, commitment and communication problems, and recovery after natural or human-caused disasters.

Her approach centers on the person in front of her. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen and build on each client’s strengths. She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify patterns of thinking that affect mood and behavior, plus Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear goals and small steps forward.

Sessions emphasize practical strategies, honest feedback, and measurable goals. Kimberly works with clients to create a treatment plan, track progress, and adjust plans based on results. The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs.

Kimberly has eight years of clinical experience. She combines that background with a range of resources to support daily wellness and ongoing growth. Prospective clients are encouraged to review options and choose the next step that fits their situation.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person as an individual. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what she hears, and builds on the client’s strengths to help them feel heard and empowered.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and to try new actions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

Solution-Focused Therapy aims to set small, clear goals and identify steps that produce change quickly. This approach is useful when clients want short-term progress or concrete strategies to handle a specific problem.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit best based on symptoms, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time as needs change.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days by removing travel time and allowing appointments during a lunch break or between errands. They also let clients choose a setting and pace that suit them while keeping the work focused on achievable steps and measurable progress.