- Trauma informed
- Practical coping skills
- Recovery focused
About Kimberly
Kimberly Stratton is a licensed social worker in Michigan with 20 years of practice. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or big life changes. She helps clients work on self-esteem, relationship patterns, and coping after difficult events including disasters.
She uses everyday language and practical steps in sessions. Conversations explore what is happening now and what needs to change. She listens, reflects, and helps clients identify small, doable actions to feel more steady day to day.
Kimberly draws on approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. These methods are used flexibly to address trauma, mood concerns, addictions, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and related issues. She aims to help people process painful memories and learn new ways of responding.
Her background includes long experience supporting people through trauma and mood disorders. She guides clients handling communication problems, codependency, commitment worries, and life transitions. She also assists those coping with the fallout of natural or human-caused disasters.
Sessions emphasize collaboration and respect for each person’s pace. Kimberly helps people set realistic goals and build skills they can use between sessions. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and values. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what is said, and helps people find their own solutions. This approach supports work on self-esteem, communication, and life transitions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavior changes between meetings. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, stress, and coping after difficult events.
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, known as EMDR, is used to reduce the intensity of painful memories. It involves focused attention and guided processes to help the brain process trauma. EMDR can be applied when addressing past abuse, disaster-related impact, and other traumatic experiences.
Finding the right approach is often part of early sessions. The therapist works together with each client to choose or combine methods that match needs, goals, and personal preferences. That plan can change as progress unfolds and new priorities emerge.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and grounding techniques to work well in remote sessions so therapy fits daily routines.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Michigan, Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people with anxiety, stress, depression, relationship difficulties, addictions, grief, caregiver strain, chronic illness challenges, and effects of trauma or abuse.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is empathetic and down-to-earth. She focuses on listening, practical steps, and collaborative goal setting.
How much experience does she have?
She has practiced for 20 years working with mood disorders, trauma, and relationship issues.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds MI LMSW and AZ LCSW credentials and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with this therapist?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.