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Online therapist

Kimberlee Brinkley

Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions

Credentials
LPC
Experience
15 years
Licensed in
Texas
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Kimberlee

Kimberlee Brinkley is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and parenting challenges. Her work often addresses self-esteem, coping with life changes, and recovery from trauma and addiction.

She uses straightforward, practical conversations to identify what matters most to each person. Sessions aim to build clearer thinking and better daily habits. Kimberlee draws on evidence-informed methods to make small changes that add up over time.

Background and approach

Her background includes long-term work with adults facing grief, depression, career shifts, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with eating concerns, ADHD, and struggles around boundaries and control. This experience shapes a calm, steady way of working.

In sessions she often focuses on patterns tied to family of origin, attachment, and blended family issues. Communication problems, infidelity, divorce, and separation are addressed with direct skill-building and careful planning. She helps people set realistic goals and practice new ways of relating.

Kimberlee favors a collaborative style. She listens first, then suggests tools like mindfulness and cognitive techniques. Therapy moves at a pace that fits each person's situation and priorities.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take actions aligned with their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, life changes, and building a more meaningful daily routine. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It helps reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve coping skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kimberlee will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that blends tools from different approaches when that makes sense.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you talk face to face, phone sessions work when a camera isn’t an option, and live chat or text-based messaging can support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and daily life.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

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.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What problems does Kimberlee commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, parenting concerns, trauma and addiction, grief, eating issues, and ADHD among other areas.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on useful tools, clearer thinking, and small behavior changes tied to your goals.
How long has she been practicing?
Kimberlee has practiced as a licensed therapist for 15 years and has worked with people facing life transitions, career changes, and relationship challenges.
What are her credentials and where does she work?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, credential TX LPC 73724, and practices in Texas.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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