About Kimberly
Kimberly Curtis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Alaska with 11 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and depression. Her approach is respectful and compassionate, and she aims to shape therapy around each person’s needs.
She listens first and tailors conversations to what matters to the individual. Sessions explore practical steps for managing worry, coping with cravings, and recovering from difficult experiences.
Background and approach
Kimberly focuses on building skills people can use between sessions and on identifying patterns that keep problems stuck. Kimberly pays attention to attachment wounds, abandonment concerns, and feelings of shame or guilt. She also addresses isolation and workplace stress, and helps people who face social anxiety and phobias.
When post-traumatic stress is present, she works with clients to reduce its hold on daily life. Her style is steady and straightforward. She offers a mix of listening, skill teaching, and planning so clients leave with clear next steps.
The work moves at a pace that fits each person’s comfort level. Starting therapy is framed as a process. Kimberly supports people as they set goals, try new strategies, and re-evaluate progress.
Her aim is to help people find more balance and a clearer sense of purpose.
Approaches that guide online therapy and support
Kimberly uses well-established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide her work. One common approach focuses on teaching practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing strategies, activity planning, and breaking worries into manageable steps. These techniques are aimed at reducing daily distress and improving routine functioning.She also addresses trauma and its effects by helping people process difficult memories at a pace they can tolerate and by building safety and grounding skills. That work often includes strategies to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and concentration after traumatic events.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Kimberly works collaboratively with each person to identify goals and tries methods that fit their needs and preferences. She checks in and adjusts the plan over time so the work remains useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a break at work, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep momentum between sessions and to use skills in daily life.
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Also listed
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Alaska
- Languages
- English
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