About Kimberly
Kimberly Richards is a licensed clinical social worker based in Michigan. She holds an LCSW and an LMSW and brings 11 years of experience as an outpatient therapist. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles rather than jargon or long lectures.
Clients come to her for issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, and addictions. She also addresses relationship and family concerns, grief and loss, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
How Kimberly works
Additional areas include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and communication problems. Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-focused, with room for emotional processing and problem solving.
She listens first, then helps people choose steps that fit their situation and values. Kimberly draws on approaches like client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns and try different responses. She also uses solution-focused and trauma-focused strategies and motivational interviewing to build motivation and small, workable changes.
Therapy with her often combines practical skill-building with emotional support. She frames work around each person’s goals and pace. The emphasis is on skills you can use between sessions to manage stress, improve relationships, and cope with loss or difficult transitions.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful, supportive relationship so people feel heard and can explore what matters most to them. It helps with emotional concerns, self-esteem, and finding direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people find their own reasons to change and boosts motivation for steps like cutting back on substance use or starting new routines.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That collaborative process helps match methods to the issue and to the person’s pace and values.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and teaching skills; phone can fit a shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited; chat and text work well for brief updates, tracking progress, or checking in between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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