About Kimberly
Kimberly Williams is a licensed professional counselor with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She works with concerns like parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and intimacy-related issues. Kimberly also addresses issues such as ADHD, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue, and career crossroads.
Her style is straightforward and respectful. She listens for what matters most and helps people set clear, manageable goals. Sessions focus on practical skills and real-life problem solving rather than jargon or tests.
How Kimberly works
Kimberly draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, existential work, and the Gottman Method. She blends talk and skill practice so clients learn tools they can use between sessions. Therapies are chosen to match the person and the problem rather than following a single protocol.
She has spent much of her career supporting people through family and relationship shifts, including blended family challenges, divorce and separation, and fatherhood concerns. Kimberly also works with sexual identity and alternative sex culture topics such as BDSM and kink in a nonjudgmental way. Clients can expect a collaborative approach that emphasizes communication, boundaries, and rebuilding trust after infidelity or family conflict.
She helps people tackle anger, guilt, shame, and commitment fears while exploring life purpose and midlife transitions. Her work aims to create steady, practical change over time.
Kimberly lists 6 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How specific approaches work in online care
Kimberly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and develop coping skills. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns that feed anxiety or depression and replacing them with clearer, more balanced thoughts. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for people who need tools for intense emotions and better interpersonal effectiveness. DBT offers short, teachable strategies for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication in relationships. Kimberly works together with each person to decide which approach fits their situation and goals rather than prescribing one method up front.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and messaging or live chat supports brief check-ins or ongoing skills practice. These options help fit therapy into work, parenting, and busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical change and learning.
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