Kim Kobus, PhD

Licensed Psychologist, Alaska
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Illinois

Adolescent & Adult Telepsychology

"When I accept myself as I am, then I can change."

~Carl Rogers

Psychotherapy provides the opportunity to examine ourselves and our lives. In so doing, it opens the possibility for healing past wounds and hurts, calming agitations and arousals, improving life circumstances, and achieving personal growth. 


In her work, Dr. Kobus offers a balance of support and challenge that promotes self-examination. She seeks to help her patients address their current concerns and the underlying factors that formed and maintain them. Dr. Kobus treats a range of issues, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, trauma, and relationship struggles.

Dr. Kobus sees life transitions and struggles – such as changing jobs; beginning or ending a relationship; pregnancy and child rearing; and, illness, grief, and loss – as opportunities to discover more fully who we are and to make decisions about who we want to be. Armed with this knowledge and encouraged to take full responsibility for ourselves and our choices, the door opens for us to step forward into the life we want to live. 


Dr. Kobus encourages ways of being that emphasize self-awareness, playfulness, gentleness with oneself, and living in the present moment. She attends to patterns of thinking and behaving that impede life functioning and goal attainment, seeking to understand their origins and the functions they serve. This not uncommonly involves examining unresolved grief, shame, guilt, fear, and anger. Dr. Kobus seeks to provide a safe space to explore these emotions, the hurts and disappointments that formed them, and ways to kindly accept, understand, and move beyond them. 

Licensures

Dr. Kobus is licensed to practice telepsychology in Alaska and Illinois and has interjurisdiction authorization to practice telepsychology across state lines into Florida and South Carolina.

Alaska – Licensed  Psychologist  https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/


Illinois – Licensed Clinical Psychologist  https://idfpr.illinois.gov/


Florida – Registered as Out-of-State Telehealth Provider  https://www.flhealthsource.gov/telehealth/


South Carolina – Issued Temporary Permit to practice psychotherapy  https://llr.sc.gov/psych/laws.aspx


PSYPACT – Authorized to Practice Interjurisdiction Telepsychology in PSYPACT states https://psypact.org/mpage/psypactmap

About Dr. Kobus

Dr. Kobus is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (IL) and a Licensed Psychologist (AK) who works with adolescents and adults who want improve their mental health, the quality of their relationships, and the meaningfulness of their lives. 

  • Doctorate (PhD) in Clinical Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998

  • Internship in Clinical Psychology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Child Clinical Psychology, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • Certified in Primary Care Behavioral Health through The Center for Integrated Primary Care, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 2013

  • Certified in Traumatic Stress Studies through The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, 2017
  • Trained in family systems, psychodynamic, interpersonal, trauma-informed, experiential, parts work, and cognitive behavioral therapies, and in integrated behavioral health

  • Published peer-reviewed research articles on adolescent peer relationships, the transition to high school, stress and coping, substance use, tobacco-related research, policy research and communications 

  • Presented at conferences on topics including: psychotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic, eating disorders, building self-esteem, adolescent peer relationships, peer pressures on substance use, stress and coping, and the transition to high school 

Conditions treated

  • Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating
  • Anxiety
  • Depression & Bipolar Disorder
  • Dissociation & Dissociative Disorders
  • Family Dynamics
  • Health & Medical Conditions
  • Marriage & Relationships
  • Parenting
  • Self-injury
  • Stress & Adjustment Disorders
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Weight Issues & Overeating

A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT

 Dr. Kobus seeks to provide a safe space to explore emotions, the hurts and disappointments that formed them, and ways to kindly accept, understand, and move beyond them. 

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