Kimberly Winkel , LCSW

Kimberly Winkel is a licensed clinical social worker with 37 years of practice. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and changes that come with parenting, career shifts, or midlife. Her work often addresses self-esteem, sleeping problems, ADHD, and the drain of compassion fatigue.

Kimberly uses a client-centered stance that keeps each person's goals up front. She draws on solution-focused methods to set clear steps and cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help calm the body and steady attention.

Sessions are practical and paced to what the person needs that week. She talks through coping skills, routines for better sleep, and ways to manage anger or overwhelm. When trauma or abuse is part of the history, trauma-focused practices guide the work at a careful, manageable pace.

Her background includes long experience across many life issues such as family of origin struggles, body image and shame, immigration concerns, and multicultural stress. Kimberly also helps people dealing with feelings of emptiness, abandonment, or searching for life purpose.

Clients can expect clear goals, step-by-step strategies, and an emphasis on real-life habit changes. The approach balances understanding with concrete skills so people can feel steadier and more able to handle daily demands.

Approaches you can use in online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's priorities and choices. It means the therapist listens closely and helps people set goals that matter to them, which works well for stress, life changes, and self-esteem concerns.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with clearer thinking and new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing anger.

Trauma-focused therapy provides structured ways to address past harm without rushing the process. It offers skills to manage reactions and to work through difficult memories at a steady pace.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kimberly will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. The plan can be adjusted over time so the methods match the client's needs and comfort level.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer sessions, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is suited to shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates and reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.