About Kimberly
Kimberly Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 30 years of experience. She focuses on building a strong counseling relationship first. That connection helps people feel heard and begin making real changes in daily life.
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction concerns, trauma, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Kimberly also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, career stress, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions.
How Kimberly works
Her work includes attention to health-related challenges such as cancer, caregiving strain, and aging concerns. Her approach centers on acceptance and commitment therapy, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Sessions are conversational and practical, with tools people can try between meetings.
The focus is on clear, doable steps rather than long lists of theory. Kimberly has a master of arts degree in counseling from Appalachian State University and holds a North Carolina LCMHC credential. She has three decades of experience offering individual and group work for adults managing anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, and life changes.
Her background includes work with addiction and process-addiction concerns. Therapy with Kimberly usually starts by naming goals and picking a few simple skills to practice. Over time those skills are expanded and adjusted to fit real life.
People who prefer straightforward conversation and practical coaching may find her style a good match.
Kimberly lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Kimberly works with
The areas below are the ones Kimberly selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small committed steps toward them. It helps with anxiety, stress, and decisions about life direction by teaching simple acceptance and action skills. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the therapist listens deeply and reflects what matters to the client, helping people feel understood and more able to find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete techniques to change them, which can ease mood, anxiety, and many everyday difficulties.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Kimberly will work together with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and what feels comfortable. Over early sessions she typically suggests a mix of techniques and adjusts them as progress and new priorities emerge.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different days and needs. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text is useful for brief check-ins, coaching prompts, or when typing feels most natural. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while focusing on practical skills and steady progress.
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