About Kimberly
Kimberly Lackey helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and challenges around identity. She supports concerns related to self-esteem, addictions, relationships, career strains, and coping with life changes. Kimberly brings a calm presence and clear focus to sessions.
She believes each person knows their own story and has strengths to draw on. Sessions are shaped around a person's goals and practical next steps. Kimberly uses straightforward conversation to uncover useful options and small changes that make a difference.
How Kimberly works
Her approach mixes client-centered care with goal-focused techniques. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools are used to notice thought and behavior patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set short-term, achievable steps for the issues at hand.
Kimberly has 25 years of professional experience and holds the LCMHC credential, licensed in North Carolina. That long experience includes helping people face grief, workplace concerns, and identity questions in thoughtful ways. She often works on topics such as codependency, family of origin issues, gender dysphoria, hospice and end-of-life counseling, life purpose, sexuality, and women's issues.
Sessions aim to be practical, respectful, and directed by the person's values. People who choose Kimberly can expect collaborative sessions that emphasize clear goals and usable strategies. She encourages small, steady steps toward better coping and greater self-love.
Kimberly lists 3 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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's point of view. The therapist follows the person's lead, offers empathy, and helps people identify their own solutions; this works well for identity questions, grief, and self-esteem work.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches ways to notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and for building concrete skills to manage triggers and cravings.
Solution-Focused Therapy aims for short-term, practical change by setting clear goals and identifying small steps forward. This approach helps when someone wants quick, measurable progress on a specific problem like workplace stress or relationship patterns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kimberly will collaborate with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust plans as progress is made.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers scheduling flexibility and different ways to check in. Video allows face-to-face interaction, phone can fit a lunch break, and live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief updates or when shorter, more frequent contact helps maintain momentum.
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