Kimberly Williams is a licensed professional counselor with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship problems.
01About Kimberly
Kimberly Williams is a licensed professional counselor with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. She works with people facing grief, trauma, addiction, parenting strain, and questions about intimacy or identity. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at practical change rather than jargon.
In sessions she listens first and helps clients set clear goals. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to reduce overwhelm and reframe unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
For couples and relationship concerns she draws on the Gottman Method to improve communication and rebuild trust. Kimberly also uses ideas from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. She helps people work through family conflict, blended family challenges, and issues that come up during major life transitions.
She offers guidance for people exploring nontraditional relationship styles such as BDSM and kink and helps address shame, guilt, and intimacy-related worries. Her style is collaborative and paced to the individual. She helps clients practice new skills between sessions and focuses on steps that fit everyday life.
Many people come for short-term problem solving and others stay longer for deeper change. Kimberly holds LPC credentials in Texas and Virginia and is based in Virginia. Sessions are offered in English and she provides several online formats to fit different schedules.
02Credentials
- LPC (Virginia)
- License 0701004953 · expires June 2026
- LPC (Texas)
- License 15228 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1649575887 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kimberly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Methods Kimberly names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Kimberly names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Kimberly commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for people who get overwhelmed by intense feelings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kimberly will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts strategies as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that feels most helpful. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work best when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow for therapy-style conversations without scheduling a full video appointment, and they can fit into busy days or provide quick support between sessions.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Kimberly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma, grief, addictions, and intimacy-related concerns among others.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens first, sets clear goals with clients, and practices skills in real life between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and relationship challenges.
Where is she licensed and located?
Kimberly holds LPC credentials in Texas and Virginia and practices from Virginia.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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