Kimberly Rodgers, LCSW, RPT-S

Kimberly Rodgers holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and a French minor from the University of Georgia. She also obtained a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Central Florida in 2003 accompanied by a Certificate in Children’s services.

A Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Kimberly is a Qualified Supervisor through the State of Florida Department of Health enabling her to supervise registered clinical social work interns pursuing licensure. She is also a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor through the Association for Play Therapy.

A Certified MAPP instructor (Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting) Kimberly is a member of :

• EMDRIA (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
• Mental Health Association of Southwest Florida
• Association for Play Therapy (where she is national and state member in addition to Vice President of the Southwest Florida Chapter)
• National Association of Social Workers where she is also a national and Florida chapter member
• Sandplay Therapists of America
• Theravive.com and Good Therapy.org (recognized by ‘Psychology Today’)

Kimberly is Founder of Monarch Therapy, LLC, a holistic therapy center in Naples, Florida offering psychotherapy, yoga, and other therapeutic modalities.  The center specializes in stress/anxiety, trauma, adjustment to life transitions, and childhood emotional and behavioral issues.  Beyond traditional “talk therapy,”  the center uses expressive approaches including play therapy (counseling through a child’s natural language of play), sand tray therapy, and EMDR (trauma specific therapy).   http://www.MonarchTherapy.com

Kimberly is also a trained yoga teacher and currently holds the position of Editor In Chief at eFitFamily, http://www.efitfamily.com/