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Online therapist

Kertina Kimbrough

Compassionate guidance for parenting challenges

Credentials
LPC
Experience
7 years
Licensed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Kertina

Kertina Kimbrough is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan who focuses on parenting and family concerns. She offers straightforward support for parents feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or changes after childbirth. Her style is warm and practical, aimed at helping people find clearer ways to manage day-to-day challenges.

Kertina bases her work on attachment-focused ideas and client-centered conversations. She listens first and helps people build on what already works in their lives.

Background and approach

Sessions often focus on improving relationships, handling caregiver stress, and addressing issues tied to adoption, blended families, or postpartum struggles. With seven years of experience, she brings steady clinical practice and a calm presence to appointments. She works with concerns that include trauma and abuse, self-esteem, workplace issues, and family problems.

Common topics covered also include forgiveness, guilt and shame, and pregnancy and childbirth-related mental health. Her approach uses attachment-based techniques to look at how early bonds shape current relationships. Client-centered methods mean conversations are guided by the client’s priorities and pace.

This combination aims to strengthen connections and support practical coping skills. Kertina conducts sessions in English and offers multiple online formats. Cost varies by location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions according to availability.

Attachment-focused and Client-centered Care Online

Kertina uses attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationships shape present patterns. This approach helps people understand bond-related reactions and improve connection with loved ones. Client-centered therapy is conversational and guided by the client's priorities and pace, which helps when someone needs practical support for parenting, grief, or stress.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s needs and goals. Sessions begin with listening and setting priorities, then adapt over time based on what proves helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to keep continuity when life is unpredictable. Using different formats also lets people pick the way of communicating that feels safest and most useful for them.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
Kertina focuses on parenting and family topics along with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem issues. She also addresses workplace stress, career questions, and women's health related concerns.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses attachment-based ideas and client-centered therapy. That means paying attention to relationship patterns and following the client's goals and pace during sessions.
What training and experience does she have?
She holds the LPC credential and has seven years of professional experience working in clinical settings. Her background includes work with attachment and parenting concerns.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is licensed as an LPC in Michigan and practices with that credential in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not accepted; her practice operates within Michigan.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible options for communication.
How are fees and scheduling handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To get started, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

  • Parenting issues
Experience
7 years
Licensed
Michigan
Languages
English

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