About Kimberly
Kimberly Stratton is a licensed clinical social worker in Michigan with twenty years of experience helping people through hard times. She focuses on practical changes that make daily life feel better, like better communication, coping skills, and managing mood. Kimberly uses clear, direct talk and steady support so people can take small steps forward.
She works with concerns such as depression, anxiety, stress, addiction, and trauma and abuse. She also helps people facing relationship strain, low self-esteem, caregiving stress, chronic health problems, and major life transitions.
How Kimberly works
Her background includes work with mood disorders like bipolar and situations involving domestic violence or dissociation. Kimberly blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness. She also uses EMDR for trauma work and motivational interviewing to support change.
Sessions aim to identify patterns, try new skills, and build routines that fit each person’s life. Her training includes a Master of Social Work and licensure as an LMSW and an LCSW. Kimberly draws on two decades of practice to offer steady, experienced guidance without jargon.
She encourages straightforward goals and measurable steps toward improvement. Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. People begin by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a session that matches their needs.
Kimberly lists 9 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.
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How Kimberly’s approaches work online
Kimberly draws on client-centered therapy to focus on each person's priorities and strengths, offering a supportive, respectful space where the person's goals guide the work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to practice concrete skills that change feelings and behavior, which often fits well into short homework tasks between sessions. When trauma is a central concern she may incorporate EMDR to process distressing memories and reduce their hold on daily life.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Kimberly works collaboratively to match methods to a person's needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan as progress is made. Clients are invited to talk about what feels useful and what does not so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and practice skills together, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging lets someone send updates or questions between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or health demands while keeping therapy consistent and focused.
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