About Kimberly
Kimberly Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 16 years of practice. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical steps toward better day-to-day functioning and hope for the future.
She has experience across mental health and substance use settings, including rehabilitation counseling and work with mood disorders and co-occurring conditions.
How Kimberly works
That background shapes a down-to-earth approach to stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, and parenting concerns. Sessions emphasize clear coping skills and steady progress rather than vague promises. Her work draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, client-centered listening to make people feel heard, and techniques from acceptance and commitment therapy to build values-based action.
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when stronger emotion regulation strategies are needed. Kimberly describes helping people “move forward” - toward hope, toward new goals, and toward a life that feels more possible. She adapts conversations and plans to each person’s situation and priorities.
The plan often includes practical homework and simple tools to try between sessions. People who come in wanting realistic steps, clearer thinking, and steadier moods will find a straightforward, empathetic clinician. Kimberly aims to support and empower clients as they set goals and practice new ways of coping.
Kimberly lists 8 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small actions that align with those values. It helps people who feel stuck or overwhelmed find direction and purpose in everyday choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood-related struggles by breaking problems into manageable steps.
Kimberly treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process may shift over time as needs change.
Online sessions offer flexibility in how therapy fits daily life. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief updates or homework reminders. These options make it easier to practice skills consistently and to fit appointments around work, caregiving, and other obligations.
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