WellKind Mental Health - Kalli Portillo

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EMDR therapist 👀 helping people overcome trauma 🧠 Florida based RMHCI 🌮 Facebook ≠ therapy đŸš« this page does not offer personalized mental health advice - consult with a therapist licensed in your area ❀

11/21/2025

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These pulsators are amazing for EMDR sessions, but they’re available to anyone (not just therapists) because bilateral stimulation is known to be extremely calming and regulating!

11/20/2025

I’m honestly thrilled when clients feel comfortable and safe enough to share how they’re truly feeling! Even if it’s not good.

A win in therapy isn’t just starting to feel better, it’s also about feeling comfortable and safe enough to show up as your whole self, with your full range of emotions, knowing you’ll still be seen and respected.

11/20/2025

IYKYK & if you don’t, you don’t 😅

Sometimes my favorite breakthrough as a therapist is when a client gets their very first taste of hope from an EMDR session.

The very first breath when their head’s been drowning under water đŸ„ș

11/18/2025

Trauma is relative! In therapy school we’re not given a list of events that could be considered trauma because ANYTHING can be trauma.

Trauma occurs when a person experiences something that their brain believes it cannot cope with.

The person(s) who hurt you doesn’t get to decide if something was traumatizing to you—your therapist doesn’t even get to decide if it was traumatizing to you.

Your nervous system gets the final say in this & if you notice lots of symptoms popping up after an event, it’s quite possible that your nervous system has been traumatized and needs help.

11/17/2025

This actually does happen & sometimes it ends in the client not scheduling another session and telling others “I went to therapy and they said I didn’t need it.”

Here’s how I navigate this: I wouldn’t roll my eyes! I would focus on the past instead of the present. When someone is coming in claiming they’re absolutely “perfect” it probably came from an early childhood belief that said “I have to be perfect to be loved (or not hurt).”

So I ask, “who wronged you first? What was your childhood like?” And then we begin exploring those early belief systems. Because it’s impossible for people to take accountability for their role in a situation when they were taught at an early age to never admit their mistakes.

So we start by dismantling the belief “I have to be perfect” and that usually starts to allow some space for reflection. I might even ask “can you think of a time when you were younger where you did something wrong & someone still showed you love? Maybe it was a teacher at school, a grandparent, a friend
” (I use these interweaves with caution knowing some didn’t experience this at all)

11/15/2025

Put a finger down, therapist edition!

11/14/2025

Mentally I’m here!

If you want to join me for an all women’s yoga retreat in the jungle of Costa Rica, swim in waterfall pools, and come home to yourself, we still have a spot available.

📅 Nov 30-Dec 6
đŸŒș Uvita, Costa Rica
đŸ’” $2,000-2,400
extended payment plan available

11/13/2025

Replying to Tik Tok user: Great question! Instead of using a light bar & buzzers, we’ll use a software that allows you to follow a ball across the screen to create eye movements. If someone really prefers the buzzers, the software we use actually offers the option for clients to buy their own (~$120) and hook them up to their computer & it will sync with the moving ball/audio. Most clients don’t want to spend the extra money to buy their own buzzers so we just use the audio/moving ball! But beyond that, it’s almost exactly the same as it would be in person! â˜ș

Sometimes as a therapist I’ll reach out to my clients after a particularly difficult session, whether is was heavy with ...
11/13/2025

Sometimes as a therapist I’ll reach out to my clients after a particularly difficult session, whether is was heavy with emotions or heavy with trauma, just to check in and make sure they have the support they need. I know not all therapists do this, but I try to live by “if I think about a person, I reach out” both in life and as a therapist. Good therapy is often deeply relational & if I’m worried about you, I’m reaching out! And no shame if you don’t respond because you don’t owe me anything, but hopefully you’ll know that I care. â˜€ïžđŸ©·đŸ«¶

11/13/2025

Let’s talk about this! People pleasing isn’t just something that happens with your partner, friends, family, co-workers/boss,


If you’re someone who wants to make others feel happy with you at any cost, it’s possible that this translates over to your therapy sessions too.

This can look like reporting things are getting better when they’re not, sharing half truths, or struggling to be fully honest about how bad things are.

Therapists are actually trained to notice when this is happening & navigate it collaboratively!

11/12/2025

Free consultations are a time where you can tell me about what brings you to therapy or what you’re hoping to get out of therapy & at the end I’ll share a little bit about EMDR. We also cover some logistics like fees, scheduling, and practice policies.

If you’d like to schedule a free consult, you can use the link in my b!o but please know I have very limited availability at this time.

I provide in-person EMDR therapy is downtown Sarasota & telehealth/virtual EMDR therapy for people located in Florida.

11/10/2025

In my practice, I see clients way too often who have been impacted by narcissistic abuse.

Individuals with NPD often use the same patterns of power & control, the same types of emotional, verbal, physical, financial, s€xual violence, and the same types of gaslighting and manipulation over and over again. đŸ„”

This reality can be devastating for survivors because they have been conditioned to believe that they are somehow to blame for the abuse. When they come in for EMDR, we often target the beliefs that “if I were just easier to get along with” or “I should have left sooner” (both statements of self-blame).

*Please know that I understand that personality disorders are often developed from severe and complex trauma and I actually do understand why people do this as a result & I believe there is space for them in therapy as well if they choose to engage.



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Sarasota, FL

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