About Kertina
Kertina Kimbrough, LPC, focuses on supporting people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, parenting demands, and relationship strain. She speaks plain, steady language and helps clients sort through immediate worries. Her approach centers on real-life steps that fit day-to-day routines.
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That helps when concern centers on bonding, parenting, adoption and foster care, or attachment issues. Kertina also uses client-centered methods, which mean conversations follow the person's priorities and pace.
Background and approach
Across seven years of work in Michigan, she has helped people face grief, trauma and abuse, postpartum and pregnancy-related concerns, and work-related stress. She pays attention to guilt, shame, and forgiveness when those feelings get in the way of daily life. Practical coping skills are paired with exploring relationship patterns and family dynamics.
Sessions aim to be collaborative. The therapist listens first, then suggests strategies clients can try between meetings. For parents and caregivers, she often focuses on predictable routines, soothing techniques, and ways to rebuild trust after difficult events.
Kertina describes clients as the experts on their stories and offers support to help them make changes. If someone wants to address anxiety, depression, or workplace strain, she works to make therapy feel manageable and useful. The goal is clearer thinking and more steady functioning day to day.
How attachment and client-centered work translate online
Attachment-based work looks at how early connections influence current relationships and parenting. Online sessions can explore these patterns through discussion of real-life interactions, looking for moments to try different responses and build healthier bonds.Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's priorities and pace. The therapist listens and follows what matters most to the client, then offers reflections and options rather than directives. This approach helps with anxiety, grief, and stress by keeping the work relevant to everyday goals.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. Adjustments can be made over time so the style and focus match what feels most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or steady support between longer sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit around parenting, work, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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