About Kimberly
Kimberly Berman is a New York licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, parenting strain, grief, and intimacy concerns. Her style is calm and patient, and she focuses on building trust so clients feel heard and understood.
Kimberly takes a conversational approach in sessions. She listens for the patterns behind repeated problems and helps people make sense of strong emotions.
How Kimberly works
She talks through worries about self-esteem, body image, obsessional thoughts, phobias, and social anxiety in straightforward language. She also addresses life transitions such as divorce, postpartum depression, and seasonal mood shifts. Her work is informed by psychodynamic therapy, which pays attention to past experiences and how they influence present relationships.
She blends that perspective with practical conversation to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of relating. Sessions move at a client's pace and focus on what feels most useful in daily life. Kimberly supports parents coping with the demands of raising children and individuals experiencing compassion fatigue from caregiving roles.
She also helps clients managing impulse control, guilt and shame, isolation, and eating or food-related struggles. Treatment emphasizes steady connection and gradual change. People who prefer a warm, low-key presence may find her approach reassuring.
She aims to create a space where difficult topics can be named, examined, and worked through over time.
Kimberly lists one way of working on the entry:
What Kimberly works with
The areas below are the ones Kimberly selected when setting up a profile. The first one is listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Psychodynamic insights and online care
Psychodynamic therapy looks at how earlier relationships and memories shape current feelings and behavior. It helps people notice repeated patterns in relationships, understand the roots of strong emotions, and work through long-standing worries like attachment, abandonment, or recurring conflict.In sessions Kimberly uses a calm, patient style to explore these patterns while also addressing practical day-to-day concerns. She will work collaboratively with each person to find the best mix of reflection and problem-focused conversation based on their goals and preferences. Figuring out the right approach is a joint process that can be adjusted over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let you see and hear each other for more direct interaction. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible, written options for people who prefer not to use audio or want brief contacts between sessions. These choices make therapy more accessible for different schedules and needs.
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