About Kimberly
Kimberly Merolla-Brito is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, self-esteem, and relationship concerns. Her manner is warm and respectful, and she aims to make it easier to talk about hard things.
Kimberly uses straightforward, practical methods. She starts by listening and understanding each person's situation. Then she helps set clear, manageable goals and works alongside clients to reach them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what is useful now and on building skills that carry into daily life. Her approach blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness. That mix supports changes in thoughts, feelings, and everyday habits.
She also draws on motivational interviewing and existential ideas to help people clarify values and find motivation for change. Kimberly has worked in multiple clinical settings across Rhode Island and brings that experience into sessions. She emphasizes collaboration and respects the client as the expert on their life.
The therapist frames progress as a shared effort and adjusts methods to fit each person’s needs. People who contact Kimberly can expect attentive listening, concrete tools, and a plan that stays practical. She encourages starting where you are and moving at a pace that feels doable.
The focus stays on small steps that lead to meaningful improvements.
Approaches and benefits of online therapeutic work
Client-centered therapy focuses on empathic listening and making the client the center of the process. It helps people feel heard and supported while working through personal concerns and figuring out next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and is useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related struggles, and coping skills training.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kimberly collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She will try strategies, check what helps, and adjust plans together so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions give flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for full conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick updates, coaching-style support, or people who communicate better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
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