About Kimberly
Kimberly Nixon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida with 20 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, trauma, and changes in life. Kim aims to help clients find practical ways to feel more in control and move forward.
Her style is warm and strengths-focused. Sessions are meant to be a place to talk about what’s hard, celebrate progress, and try out new coping strategies.
Background and approach
She emphasizes clear goals and small, doable steps so change feels manageable. Kim uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. She draws on client-centered work to follow the client’s lead, cognitive behavioral ideas to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness to build moment-to-moment coping skills.
Motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas also inform how she explores motivation and long-standing patterns. In sessions clients can expect concrete tools and time for reflection. Kim helps uncover strengths, practice new skills, and make plans that fit everyday life.
She also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep and eating struggles, and issues that come with caregiving, illness, or loss. People who want practical, compassionate support tend to connect with her approach. She aims to help clients develop insight and lasting strategies for wellbeing.
Kim looks forward to working alongside people who are ready to try new ways of coping.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s priorities. The therapist creates space for people to say what matters most and helps them build on their strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns and manage anxiety, low mood, or ADHD-related challenges. Mindfulness therapy trains simple awareness skills to respond differently to stress, intrusive thoughts, and strong emotions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals and try methods that match those goals and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what doesn’t, so clients are part of choosing the path forward.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and seeing nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be a short check-in, quick skill practice, or a way to share thoughts between longer sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while still working on concrete skills and insight.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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