Meet Kim

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

—RUMI

kim southerland, m.a., bio

Kim received her master's degree in educational psychology and completed post-graduate training in psychoeducational assessment. Her early work specialized in language-based learning differences and has since grown to span multiple fields, including psychology, learning theory, education, neuroscience, mindfulness, trauma, consciousness studies, and intuitive development. For more than three decades, she has worked in private practice, hospital settings, schools, and learning centers, developing an approach that blends neuroscience and consciousness — combining evidence-based training with multidimensional perception.

With a deep understanding of energetically sensitive and neurodivergent children, adolescents, and families, Kim brings both professional expertise and genuine compassion to everyone she works with. She helps parents, professionals, and others understand why so many children today experience different forms of attention, learning, and processing — and how to support them.

Kim specializes in supporting neurodivergent families and is devoted to offering greater guidance and information to those who work with our newer generations — so that, together, we can create systems that help each individual bring forth their full and unique potential.

Kim is also the mother of two young adults and maintains a private practice in West Los Angeles, offering private sessions and consulting services both online and in person.

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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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