Wellful Therapy

04/21/2026

So many of our clients experience imposter syndrome. They panic when put on the spot, feel insecure in consistently comparing themselves to others, or live in fear of being "found out."

Learn how the concept of beginner's mind and embracing not having it all figured out can actually soften insecurity and increase your sense of confidence.

https://kimbielak.substack.com/p/the-discomfort-of-practicing-beginners?r=5v6dl6

How embracing where you are can ease imposter syndrome

03/30/2026

Please join me in giving a warm welcome to our first Associate, ! 🙌

Gia made the pivot to therapy from a former career in leadership in the corporate world and is passionate about helping both individuals and couples find fulfillment through deeper and more meaningful relationships. A few of her specialties include couples and relationships, mood disorders, life transitions, and body image, and she also greatly enjoys integrating DBT into her work with clients.

Gia currently has evening and weekend availability, as well as in-person availability at our office in Pasadena, so snag a consult while you can!

Gia Singh, Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #159532
Employed by Wellful Therapy

01/23/2026

When life asks us to expand, we must often learn tolerate a little bit of mess along the way. How learning how reframing your relationship to imperfection may actually create more joy in your life.

https://www.wellfultherapy.com/blog/the-paradox-of-perfectionism

If you struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, or a need for control, learn how reframing your relationship to imperfection can actually create more joy in your life.

09/09/2025

"What role has risk played in your life or career?" I loved personally considering this question from ShoutOut LA this month. From mindset and risk tolerance, to level of resource and plain hard work, our relationship to risk and its subsequent impact can evolve greatly over the span of our lives and careers.

https://shoutoutla.com/meet-kim-slipski-therapist-coach-certified-yoga-teacher-founder-of-wellful-therapy/

Local Stories Meet Kim Slipski | Therapist, Coach, Certified Yoga Teacher & Founder of Wellful Therapy August 27, 2025 Leave a reply We had the good fortune of connecting with Kim Slipski and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Kim, what role has risk played in your life or career?Funny enough...

08/22/2025

Want to be less anxious? Change your relationship to change. This month I write about how the fires personally forced me to release my attachment to control and learn to embrace uncertainty and change.

https://www.wellfultherapy.com/blog/how-to-reduce-anxiety-around-uncertainty

Fear of the future, uncertainty and the unknown are all common causes of anxiety that often drive us to overwork, overplan, or even procrastinate as a result. Learn therapy techniques to help you better tolerate and even embrace uncertainty.

07/11/2025

A sticky metaphor is one of my favorite tools in therapy. Here I share the metaphor of The Hungry Tiger from ACT Therapy, and what it can teach us about emotional intelligence and mental wellbeing.

https://www.wellfultherapy.com/blog/emotional-avoidance-and-the-hungry-tiger

Do you struggle with workaholism, perfectionism, procrastination, or other compulsive behaviors? Perhaps you can't break a habit of binge eating, doomscrolling, or codependency. See how the metaphor of The Hungry Tiger from ACT Therapy can help us understand how numbing and avoiding our underlying e

06/19/2025

As both a therapist and a trained yoga teacher, I love exploring the intersection between the two. This month I'm writing about just one of the amazing reasons yoga can be so beneficial therapeutically. Enjoy!

This morning I stumbled on a page from one of my old yoga teacher notebooks. It was a list of prompts I often used in class to guide my students—specifically in my yin yoga classes, where patience, stillness, and discomfort are often some of the most challenging parts of the practice...

01/13/2025

01/17/2024

✔ New year ✔ New practice ✔ New office

Excited to share that I will now be seeing clients as an LMFT both virtually and out of my office in Old Town Pasadena. Since the new year, I have also completed training to expand my ability to offer EMDR therapy to clients as well.

At this time I do have a waitlist for new clients, but you can continue to find more information at kimbielak.com.

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10/17/2022

Talking work-life balance on Shoutout LA today, and how my own understanding of what balance looks like has changed over time.

https://shoutoutla.com/meet-kim-bielak-associate-marriage-family-therapist/

We had the good fortune of connecting with Kim Bielak and we've shared our conversation below. Hi Kim, how has your work-life balance changed over time? Over time I've come to learn that work-life balance is not something that's static. It doesn't always look like strict boundaries around email

09/25/2022

“Maybe you didn’t ask for this chapter of your story, the one that feels like a winding road with no end in sight. Yet, here you are with fortitude. Showing up for every turn in the path. Like a river curving and carving along the edges of the banks, you are a force to be reckoned with, here to become who you were always meant to be.”

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09/09/2022

So...how does therapy actually work? Why there's more than meets the eye in that hour a week.

Marriage & family therapist Kim Bielak explores how neuroplasticity and the healing power of relationship are core reasons why therapy - from traditional talk therapy and CBT, to somatic therapy and EMDR - work.