Meet Kimberley Blaine
Kimberley: Licensed Developmental Clinical Psychotherapist, Mindfulness & Happiness Ambassador
Kimberley Clayton Blaine is a licensed developmental psychotherapist (LMFT) and has been named one of the most powerful moms in social media by Working Mother Magazine. Kimberley is a speaker, author and a nationally recognized child mental health and social and emotional well-being expert. She has been a pioneer in the delivery of Online Therapeutic Services for over a decade. Kimberley’s been working as a licensed psychotherapist since 1998. Her expertise is in Trauma-Informed Care, neurodevelopmental disorders and science-based strategies for treating ADHD, Pediatric OCD and ASD. Kimberley’s writings have appeared in Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best-sellers as a contributor to the motivational site of SimpleReminders.com which has over 50 millions readers weekly. Companies she’s worked with include: Pet Smart, 3M Post-it Notes, Kindercare, Tutor Time, Education.com, Lego Duplo, Disney Consumer Products, Woolite, Cottonelle, Invisalign, Sleep Number, Schick Intuition, Sony Electronics Cameras, DreamWorks, DripDrop, Hartz, Fera Style, Soybu Yoga, Yahoo!, Vimeo and Montage Hotels, and VRBO. Kimberley teaches Early Childhood Brain Development and Positive Discipline Strategies at UCLA Extension Education Department. She currently serves as a parent education consultant and trainer for the Children’s Center at Caltech. She is also a Communications Consultant for Pasadena’s Office of the Young Child. For the last 12 years Kimberley has served as the Social Marketing Director for a Los Angeles Early Childhood Mental Health Campaign at The Children’s Institute Inc. funded by the (SAMHSA) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Kimberley’s has been in private practice for over 18 years – She’s had the great opportunity to work with colleagues, Joshua Sparrow and T. Berry Brazelton, Dan Siegel, Bruce Parry and Murray Straus. To learn about her practice – click here for more information. For the last 12 years Kimberley has launched a national campaign to help American parents be all that they can be in order to give their children a healthy and fair start. Having first hand experience raising a child with ADHD/OCD/Anxiety has inspired her to tell her story and be a resource for families in need. Her original webshow TheGoToMom.TV, which was launched in 2008, has captured one of the largest growing niche audiences — parents who want to parent more consciously and mindfully, through professionally produced yet authentic and real educational videos. She has made a commitment to educate and advocate for families with young kids about reducing gun violence and promoting school safety.
Watch Kimberley Interview Vice President Biden on how to reduce school violence. From 2006 – 2011 Kimberley was the Social Marketing Director for a Los Angeles based Early Childhood Mental Health Campaign (Project ABC) funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA).
She’s authored the award winning book, “My Feelings Activity book” for project ABC. The ECCO award is the Excellence in Community Communications and Outreach (ECCO) Recognition Program. To highlight and celebrate innovation and creativity in communications and social marketing, SAMHSA sponsors the annual ECCO Recognition Program. Recognized by the National Association of Government Communicators with a Blue Pencil Award, this popular program provides an opportunity for system of care communities to submit materials and initiatives related to communications and community outreach.
Serves as an active 
Board Member of CMHN – The Children’s Mental Health Network provides weekly news and unbiased analysis of key issues focused on children, youth and families’ mental health and well-being. The Network reaches a widely diverse audience. Readers and contributors to the Network come from all walks of life – parents, youth, community leaders, policy-makers, state and federal officials, and increasingly, similar groups from countries across the globe.
… and is an Advisory Board Member of Schools for Hope. It is a new curriculum project developed by iFred, the International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression. It is based on research that suggests hope is a teachable skill. Our aim is to equip students, educators, and parents with the tools they need to find and maintain hope even during the most trying of times.
