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About the Therapist

Kimberly Studebaker, MA, LPC, MT-BC is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Pennsylvania, as well as a board certified music therapist. Ms. Studebaker is passionate about helping others find peace within themselves, even when it may seem impossible. The most effective ways she has found success in helping people achieve their goals is through music therapy and mindfulness skills. In addition to her straightforward and supportive approach, she is trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an evidence-based approach in addressing trauma, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, an evidence-based method for addressing Borderline Personality Disorder and addictions. Ms. Studebaker is bi-cultural, and is functional in verbal Cantonese Chinese.

anxiety
ADHD
ADD
Behavioral issues
Behaviors
Adolescent
Teens
Teenagers
Coping skills
Depression
Emotionally disturbed
emotional disturbance
family
conflict
trauma
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counseling
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oppositional
defiance
defiant
parents
parenting
sexual abuse
sexually abused
PTSD

Experience

Her experience includes working at a partial care after-school program, schools, private practices, and a psychiatric hospital. Although most of her experience is with children and adolescents ages 6-18 and their families; she has worked with all ages, from infants to adults. She has specialized in attachment, teaching mindfulness skills, and emotional expression through musical experiences. She has supervised staff as a behavioral specialist clinician in Philadelphia City Schools in both elementary and middle schools. At her graduate internship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she worked with ages from infancy to 21 who were struggling with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, and in the intensive care unit.
Ms. Studebaker has served as a clinical supervisor for second year graduate students from Drexel University.

Education

Master of Arts in Creative Arts Therapy--Music Therapy from Drexel University

Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at University of Tennessee

Research

Ms. Studebaker presented her attachment research at both national and regional conferences. She continues to use her attachment knowledge in her practice.