About Kimberly
Kimberly "Kim" Davis is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of experience. She practices from Kentucky and focuses on helping people facing relationship strain, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and related concerns. Kim completed a master of social work and a bachelor of social work at Campbellsville University and holds the LCSW credential.
Her background includes leadership roles in hospital social work, substance abuse treatment, crisis units, and a local homeless shelter where she served as director for over four years.
How Kimberly works
She uses straightforward, task-focused methods in sessions. Kim often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought patterns and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to manage strong emotions. She also uses solution-focused and trauma-focused work to set goals and address painful events.
Sessions typically include practical strategies, skill practice, and safety planning when needed. Kim aims to help people build coping skills, improve communication, and manage stressors like sleep problems, anger, or ADHD-related challenges. People who come to her can expect collaborative, direct conversations and clear steps to try between meetings.
Kim emphasizes steady progress and helps clients adjust tools to fit everyday life and changing circumstances.
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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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Kim often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts affect feeling and behavior and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. She also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help people manage intense emotions, improve distress tolerance, and strengthen interpersonal effectiveness. These approaches are practical and lend themselves well to exercises, homework, and skills practice between sessions.Choosing the right approach happens together. Kim will discuss goals, symptoms, and preferences and recommend a path that fits each person's needs. She adjusts techniques over time based on what is helping and what is not, so therapy stays relevant and focused on real-life progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make sessions easier to fit into busy days. Video allows face-to-face interaction and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be a good option when lower bandwidth or hands-free conversation work better. Live chat or messaging can support shorter check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or ongoing skill practice between longer sessions.
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