About Kimberly
Kimberly Winkel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 37 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. She offers a calm, steady presence and practical ways to cope with life changes and compassion fatigue. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making therapy feel useful from the first session.
Kimberly uses straightforward methods that focus on what the person needs now. She listens first, then helps set small, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral techniques are used to notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also brings mindfulness practice into sessions to reduce reactivity and improve focus. When trauma and abuse are part of a person’s story, Kimberly uses trauma-focused approaches alongside clients’ strengths.
Solution-Focused work helps identify immediate steps and build momentum. The sessions are collaborative - she helps people name priorities and track progress over time. Her background includes a Master of Social Work and licensure as an LCSW in Florida and Indiana.
Kimberly draws on decades of experience with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and multicultural concerns to inform her approach. She adapts tools to fit each person’s life, not the other way around. Sessions can address practical problems like sleep, parenting strain, workplace stress, or managing anger.
Kimberly also supports exploration of deeper issues such as forgiveness, family of origin wounds, and feelings of emptiness. The focus is on small, readable steps that lead to clearer decision-making and better day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Kimberly blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people manage anxiety and everyday stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and in charge of goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches practical ways to test and change them to reduce worry and improve sleep.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice their reactions and create space before responding. Mindfulness practices are simple exercises that reduce reactivity and help with focus, which can be helpful for anxiety, grief, and mood concerns. Choosing which approaches to use is a team effort - Kimberly will talk through options, try what fits, and adjust based on what helps most for the person’s goals and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for a full face-to-face feel, phone sessions when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping continuity of care and momentum toward goals.
Questions people ask
What issues does Kimberly help with?
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
What professional background informs her work?
Where is she licensed and located?
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
What session formats are available?
How are fees and billing handled?
How do I begin therapy with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 37 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Florida
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.