Kimara Runcie , MD, LCPC, LMHC

Kimara Runcie is a licensed clinician with 12 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, and parenting challenges. She holds MD, LCPC, and LMHC credentials and practices from Maryland while holding licensure in New York as well. Kimara emphasizes straightforward, compassionate support for people seeking change.

Her style centers on listening first and tailoring care to each person. Sessions aim to be open and nonjudgmental so clients can speak honestly about their thoughts and feelings. She encourages practical steps and small goals that build toward clearer direction and greater emotional balance.

Kimara uses a mix of approaches depending on the concern. That can include Client-Centered work to strengthen self-understanding, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thinking patterns, and Trauma-Focused techniques for past hurt. She also draws on Solution-Focused and Emotionally-Focused methods when they fit the goals of the person in therapy.

She helps with a wide range of issues including intimacy-related problems, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with major life changes. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, and dissociation.

People who choose Kimara typically want a collaborative approach. She supports clients in setting achievable steps, tracking progress, and adjusting the plan as needs change. Her work is practical, grounded, and aimed at helping people move forward.

Approaches and online care that fit your life

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people understand their own values and choices. It is useful for building self-esteem and gaining clarity about what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and helps people try small experiments to change patterns that cause distress. This approach works well for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past, then suggest approaches to try. That decision is collaborative and can shift as progress is made or needs change.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into a busy life. Video allows face-to-face conversation when that helps, phone can be used when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be a shorter check-in or a way to keep momentum between longer sessions. These formats let people access therapy from different places and schedules while still working on the same goals and steps discussed in traditional sessions.