About Kimberly
Kimberly Robinson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 23 years of practice based in North Carolina. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and major life changes. Her style is warm and practical, focused on clear steps people can use between sessions.
She begins by listening to what matters most and asking simple questions about daily routines and stressors. Therapy sessions aim to build coping skills, reduce overwhelm, and clarify values that guide choices.
Background and approach
Many people come for help with sleep problems, low self-esteem, or relationship strain. Kimberly uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and on emotion-focused work to help process painful memories.
Attachment-based ideas guide work on trust and closeness when early relationships still cause pain. Practical tools and small experiments are common in sessions. Clients may try short behavior changes, communication exercises, or values-based actions between meetings.
The work balances skill-building with attention to feelings and life story. Her background includes long-term work with adults facing transitions such as caregiving, adoption and foster care issues, or loss. People who want steady, respectful guidance to manage stress, grief, or identity questions often find her approach constructive.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters and take small steps toward those values, even when anxiety or difficult feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers tools to change unhelpful patterns that fuel worry and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to how early relationships shape trust and closeness, helping people understand recurring relationship patterns and work toward healthier connections.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients are invited to share preferences and to experiment with strategies that feel relevant to their daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets for face-to-face conversation and body language; phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can support brief updates, homework check-ins, or more flexible communication between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family obligations, or busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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