About Kimbalie
Kimbalie (Kim) Commissiong is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and ADHD. She practices in Florida and offers straightforward, compassionate care for everyday struggles. Her approach is practical and interactive so people leave sessions with clear next steps.
Kim uses strengths people already have and builds on them. She mixes short-term solutions with tools that change thinking and behavior over time.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on concrete skills for sleep, anger, work stress, parenting strain, and relationship communication. Her counseling style is open and non-judgmental. She works collaboratively to set realistic goals and adjust plans as needs change.
Motivational techniques help people find reasons to change and keep moving forward. Kim draws from cognitive behavioral strategies to shift unhelpful thinking and from mindfulness to reduce reactivity. Narrative and solution-focused methods are used to clarify priorities and find small, practical steps forward.
This blend helps with trauma recovery, coping with life transitions, and improving self-esteem. She has worked with people facing divorce, blended family challenges, abandonment and family-of-origin issues. She also supports those dealing with first responder stress, immigration-related concerns, and feelings of isolation.
Kim communicates plainly and makes space for people to tell their stories. People who choose Kim can expect a plan tailored to their goals and a focus on skills that fit everyday life. She guides each person toward manageable change and helps track progress along the way.
How therapy methods translate to online care
Many of Kim’s approaches translate well to remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; online work includes planning homework, tracking progress, and practicing skills between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy uses simple awareness and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and focus, and these exercises can be guided during a video call or sent as short audio exercises.Finding the best approach is collaborative. Kim listens to each person’s goals and suggests approaches that match needs and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time so methods change if a different way of working proves more helpful.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or continuing work between sessions. Together these options make it easier to keep progress steady while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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