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Kimberley Sterling

Kimberley Sterling

LPC

Texas

Compassionate trauma-focused counseling

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Profile summary

Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, Texas · 66453
NPI
1720491913
Experience
9 years
Languages
English
Location
Texas

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp.

  • Trauma support
  • Anxiety and mood
  • Practical coping

About Kimberley

Kimberley Sterling is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with nine years of experience. She focuses on trauma work and also helps people manage anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and major life changes. Her approach is warm and supportive, aiming to help clients build strength and practical coping skills.

Kimberley uses therapies that look at how thoughts and past events shape current feelings and behavior. She often helps people challenge negative thinking and develop healthier responses to stressful situations. Sessions move at a client’s pace and emphasize collaboration rather than direction from the therapist.

Clients can expect a calm, compassionate space to talk through painful memories, grief, or patterns that no longer serve them. Kimberley works with concerns such as panic, mood disorders, addictions, and the aftermath of sexual assault or other trauma. She also addresses relationship and family of origin issues, communication problems, and career-related stress.

Her tools include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and trauma-focused techniques to reduce distress and build new coping habits. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and solution-focused strategies are also part of her toolkit for targeting specific symptoms and goals. She aims to help people find practical steps and clearer thinking that fit their everyday lives.

Kimberley emphasizes a collaborative path forward. She supports clients as they identify goals, try new ways of coping, and notice progress. People who want a steady, empathetic clinician for work around trauma, anxiety, or life transitions may find her style helpful.

How Kimberley’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Kimberley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice, test, and change the thoughts that feed anxiety and depression. CBT typically focuses on practical skills and short-term experiments that can be practiced between sessions to ease daily stress.

She also employs EMDR to address the emotional impact of traumatic memories. EMDR helps reduce the intensity of painful memories and the reactions they trigger, supporting people who struggle with post-traumatic stress, panic, or deep shame.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kimberley will discuss goals, symptoms, and personal preferences and then recommend CBT, EMDR, or solution-focused techniques as fits the situation. That choice is made with the client and can change as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats Kimberley currently offers before booking. The original biography mentions both messaging and live sessions, so checking available options is recommended. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time so therapy feels more doable alongside work and family responsibilities.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFirst responder issuesGuilt and shameVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Solution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

9+ years

Credentials

Texas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family issues, career strain, bipolar and mood disorders, panic and phobias, self-harm and self-esteem concerns.

How would you describe the therapy style?

The style is compassionate and collaborative. Kimberley helps people identify goals, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and try practical steps that fit their life.

What is Kimberley’s background and experience?

She has nine years of counseling experience and focuses primarily on trauma work while also addressing anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties.

What credentials and location should I know about?

She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, listed as LPC, and practices in Texas.

In which language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

The original biography describes both messaging and live sessions as options, but please confirm current session formats before booking.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

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