Meet Kim

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”

—RUMI

kim southerland, m.a., bio

Kim Southerland, M.A. is an integrative educational therapist, telepathic communicator, and energy intuitive dedicated to supporting neurodivergent and energetically sensitive children, adolescents, and families. With over three decades of experience working in private practice, hospital settings, schools, and learning centers, her approach blends neuroscience and consciousness — combining evidence-based training with multidimensional perception.

With a deep understanding of our newer generations of children and what they have to offer — Kim brings both professional expertise and genuine compassion to every family she works with. She is dedicated to helping her clients live in greater awareness of their true nature and remember how to access the love, joy, and truth within.

Kim received her master's degree in educational psychology and completed post-graduate training in psychoeducational assessments. Her training spans multiple fields including psychology, education, neuroscience, trauma, consciousness, metaphysics, and intuitive development.

As a parent of both a neurodivergent child and an empathic child, Kim understands where you are — because she has lived it from every direction: as an empathic, intuitive child, as a parent of two very different children with many of the same gifts and challenges she sees in families every day, and as an educational therapist who witnessed firsthand the profound cost of asking children to fit into an educational system at the expense of who they truly are.

What emerged from that journey was a deeper understanding of what supports today’s generation of children — and a profound joy in sharing what she wishes she had known from the beginning. It is the heart of everything she brings to the families she works with today that goes beyond any training.

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Credentials & Certifications

Training & Background

The children and families I work with deserve the very best I have to offer. Over three decades, I have built a body of training and experience that is both traditionally grounded and genuinely pioneering — because today's children require both. I am honored to bring this unique array of knowledge and experience to the service of your child and family.

1994–1996: K&M Learning Center — Santa Monica, California
1996–1997: Raskob Learning Institute
1996–1998: Post-Graduate Training in Psychoeducational Assessments — California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco

1996–1998: Lindamood Bell — ADD/LIPS and Visualizing & Verbalizing
2000: Fast ForWord
2008: Step Up to Writing
2009: Words Their Way Spelling Program
2011: Lindamood Bell — Lips, Seeing Stars, Visualizing & Verbalizing, Talkies
2011: Read Naturally
2017: Wilson Language Training
2018: The Power of Our Stories Writing Program
2018–2019: Oaklander Model of Gestalt Therapy with Children — Levels I, II & III

2011–2016: Unified Theory of Inborn Personality
2016: Light Language — Levels 1 and 2
2016–2017: Sound Anatomy Apprenticeship
2017: ICU Academy Training
2019: Sound and Voice Healing Apprenticeship — Level 2
2019: Light Language for Practitioners — Level 3
2020: ICU Academy — Training 2
2023: Original Sight Practitioner Training
2024: Light Language Accelerator

Bachelor's Degree — San Diego State University
Master's Degree in Educational Psychology — California State University at Northridge. Graduated with Distinction (4.0)

2007–2010: Creative Dreamwork with Kim Gillingham
2011: Inner Kids Mindful Awareness Course — Susan Kaiser Greenland
2012–2013: Dr. Dan Siegel — Mindsight Lecture Series
2016: Coming Into the Body — Using Mindfulness to Work with Trauma
2019: Learning and The Brain Conference — Empathy in Education
2019: Vision and Leadership in 2e Education Symposium
2020: Learning and The Brain Conference — Educating Anxious Brains
2021 & 2023: Autism Integration Series with Suzy Miller

Association of Educational Therapists — Professional Member
Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies (GAINS)
SAND (Science and Non-Duality)
Bridges 2e Center for Research and Professional Development
Board Member, HeArt for Charity

Kim is available to speak with parent groups, educators, professionals, and media outlets upon request.

Every child deserves to be truly seen, supported, and understood — and every family deserves the same.

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