Kimberly Winkel, LCSW

Kimberly Winkel is a licensed clinical social worker with 37 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. She also supports those struggling with self-esteem, anger, sleep problems, career concerns, ADHD, and parenting strains. She works with issues connected to family of origin, immigration, multicultural concerns, and trauma and abuse.

Her sessions focus on practical steps that fit into everyday life. She listens first and helps people set clear, short-term goals. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused techniques to break problems into manageable pieces.

In the room, she helps identify thinking patterns that make symptoms worse. Then she guides simple behavior changes and coping strategies to reduce stress. She also works through big losses and trauma with approaches tailored to each person's pace.

Kimberly emphasizes cultural awareness and responsiveness when exploring how identity and background affect someone’s struggles. She pays attention to experiences of prejudice, immigration challenges, and multicultural stressors as part of treatment planning.

Her style is practical and collaborative - she helps people figure out what steps feel realistic and sustainable. Sessions are meant to produce tools people can use between meetings. That makes progress easier to notice and build on over time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The therapist reflects concerns and helps clients set goals from their own priorities, which is useful when people want support for low self-esteem, life transitions, or coping with grief.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions can teach practical skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Kimberly will work collaboratively with the client to choose methods that match goals and preferences and will adjust plans as needs change.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and working through exercises together. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when video isn’t possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing coaching easier between longer appointments. These options make it possible to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.