About Kimberly
Kimberly "Kim" Fahey is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of professional experience. She practices in Connecticut and focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and depression. Kim keeps sessions direct and practical so people can start making small changes quickly.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can say what they mean and feel heard. Sessions are oriented toward clear goals and real-life steps.
How Kimberly works
Kim draws on several approaches to tailor work to each person’s needs, including client-centered listening and practical problem-solving tools. Her background includes long experience helping people cope with life changes and caregiver stress. She also addresses family of origin issues, communication problems, guilt and shame, and concerns such as hoarding or impulsivity.
This experience helps when issues have layers and take time to untangle. Kim often uses mindfulness practices to help people manage anxiety and stay grounded. She also uses cognitive techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and develop new behaviors.
When useful, she brings in psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time. People who prefer straightforward, collaborative work tend to fit well with Kim’s style. She guides practical action steps while also listening for the deeper story behind current struggles.
The aim is clearer thinking, steadier coping, and more satisfying daily life.
Kimberly lists 5 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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Connecticut |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what she hears, and builds a trusting space to talk about parenting stress, anxiety, or life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. Online CBT sessions typically include simple exercises to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors between meetings. Mindfulness Therapy teaches skills to notice the present moment and reduce reactivity; short grounding practices are often used to manage anxiety or overwhelming feelings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds, making changes based on what feels most useful.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed, while phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, quick coping reminders, or ongoing contact between calls. These options offer flexibility so people can keep building skills without major disruption to daily routines.
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