Bortot Counseling Services

Bortot Counseling Services Together we will explore and identify the root cause of your problems so healing can begin. You are not alone. I am here to help.

My name is Kim Bortot, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who provides highly personalized, supportive mental health therapy for adults struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, loss, life transitions, and any other issues that may be impeding the ability to cope. Through active listening, compassionate care, and an eclectic approach to treatment, you will be provided with a safe, suppor

tive, nurturing, and open environment to express your feelings, concerns, and problems. In therapy, you will be provided with a safe space to explore the areas of your life where you feel stuck. You will develop coping skills, insight, and perspective for deeper understanding for personal growth, emotional well-being, and healing.

06/02/2026

This resonates on such a deep level.
The way to heal is to feel….

06/02/2026

There are no truer words!!!

06/01/2026

Depression is the most common mental health disorder in America.

05/30/2026

Emotional maturity doesn't always announce itself loudly. Sometimes it shows up most clearly in the things someone doesn't do. They don't weaponize silence when they're upset. They don't dig up old mistakes to win a current argument. They don't make you guess what's wrong when they could just tell you.

These things might sound like a low bar, but if you've been in relationships where they weren't present, you know how much they actually matter. The absence of punishment, manipulation, and mind games creates a kind of safety that's hard to describe until you've experienced it.

Emotional maturity is really just someone who has done enough work on themselves that they don't need to make your relationship the place where their unprocessed emotions get worked out.
They don't expect you to read their mind. They just tell you. What a relief that is.

05/22/2026

Trying to connect with someone who’s emotionally unavailable is like trying to open one of those pistachios that’s 95% closed. You keep picking at it, using your nails, applying more pressure, convinced that if you just try a little harder, it’ll finally crack open.

And meanwhile, you’re exhausting yourself over something that was never really available to begin with.

Trying to connect with someone who is emotionally unavailable can slowly turn into abandoning yourself just to keep the relationship alive.

You over-explain. You minimize your needs. You accept crumbs and call it patience. You keep hoping that if you love harder, communicate better, or stay long enough, they’ll finally open up.

But love shouldn’t require you to constantly betray yourself just to feel chosen.

At some point, the pain isn’t just coming from their emotional distance — it’s coming from the ways you keep hurting yourself trying to reach someone who refuses to meet your emotional needs.

Healing comes from realizing that letting go hurts less than hanging on.

Forgiving someone does not mean you have to give some them access to you.
05/22/2026

Forgiving someone does not mean you have to give some them access to you.

Loving the message here!! No is a complete sentence. No one has access to you because they do something nice for you. Te...
05/21/2026

Loving the message here!! No is a complete sentence. No one has access to you because they do something nice for you. Teaching the importance and value of boundaries is a lesson that needs to be learned across all generations and genders.

05/21/2026

The countless things my eyes have seen tell a million stories of the places I have been and the experiences that have shaped me.

The things my eyes have seen have shaped my perception of the world I’m in.

The things my eyes have seen have shaped my interpretation of my experiences.

The things my eyes have seen have shaped how I relate to others and how I relate to myself.

What filters have been created and affected by the things your eyes have seen?

How has this changed you?

What have you learned?

05/12/2026

The end of the school year can feel like emotional whiplash.

Suddenly there are performances, projects, standardized testing, graduations, teacher gifts, schedule changes, exhausted kids, overwhelmed parents… and somehow we’re all expected to function like this is normal.

If you’ve been more irritable, emotionally drained, overstimulated, or struggling to keep up lately, your nervous system may be carrying more than you realize.

This season often brings invisible labor overload:• managing everyone’s emotions• holding family schedules together• trying to “make memories”• staying productive while already depleted

You do not need to do this perfectly. You don’t need to attend every event with maximum emotional capacity. And you are allowed to need rest before summer even starts.

Sometimes survival mode looks like lowering the bar, simplifying expectations, and giving yourself permission to stop “performing” through your day while feeling overwhelmed.

Save this as a reminder that exhaustion does not mean failure. Give yourself a friggin’ break. You are doing the best you can 💚

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850 NW Federal Highway, Suite 217
Stuart, FL
34994

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 7pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 7pm
Thursday 8:30am - 7pm
Friday 8:30am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+15613310909

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