About Kimberley
Kimberley VanHaitsma is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) based in Michigan who uses client-centered work alongside practical behavioral methods. She blends focused talk with hands-on strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD-related challenges. Kim writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
She has ten years of clinical experience and a background that includes crisis counseling and work with older adults.
Background and approach
That mix shaped her approach to safety, real-time problem solving, and steady support during hard moments. Her earlier nursing experience also informs a practical view of how physical health and mental health interact. In sessions she draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and on dialectical behavior strategies to build emotional regulation and distress-tolerance skills.
Mindfulness exercises and motivational interviewing are used when clients want to strengthen focus, build routines, or make meaningful changes. Kim often helps people managing caregiver stress, chronic illness, grief, isolation, and communication problems. She also supports those facing career changes, relationship strain, and compassion fatigue.
Her work emphasizes small, doable steps and realistic goals. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. The typical process is collaborative: Kim partners with each person to set priorities, practice new skills, and track progress over time.
How practical approaches translate to online therapy
Kim blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to address everyday struggles. Client-centered work focuses on understanding each person and following their priorities, which helps shape goals and the pace of sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to build new routines and reduce unhelpful thinking, useful for anxiety, low mood, and ADHD-related organization challenges. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for moments of high stress or relationship strain.Finding the right approach is a process. Kim collaborates with each person to try techniques and see what fits best. She will help set clear goals, adjust strategies based on progress, and combine methods when that better meets a client's needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can pick what works for their schedule. Video is good for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can be used for brief check-ins or to maintain momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to attend sessions from wherever fits daily life and to keep consistent work toward change.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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