Kimberly Herring

Kimberly Herring is a Florida-based Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over 20 years of clinical experience. She draws on long-term work in community mental health, inpatient and outpatient settings, and trauma recovery to guide people through hard moments. Her practice centers on practical help and real listening. She aims to meet people where they are and work with them toward clear goals.

Her background includes years as a rape crisis and trauma recovery therapist and extensive nonprofit experience. She has worked with a wide range of concerns from anxiety and depression to addictions and bipolar disorder. She also focuses on women's issues, codependency, domestic violence, family problems, and sexual assault and abuse.

Kimberly describes her style as collaborative and adaptable. She uses a mix of approaches so the work fits the person rather than the other way around. Sometimes that means teaching skills, and other times it means offering a steady, listening presence to help someone organize their thoughts.

In sessions she often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and DBT skills when emotional regulation is needed. Client-centered moments are common too, where the therapist follows the client's lead and validates their experience. The goal is to build on each person's strengths while adding practical tools they can use day to day.

People seeking help with stress, relationships, parenting, career questions, grief, sleep problems, or coping with life transitions may find her practical approach useful. She encourages straightforward work and helps people practice skills that fit into everyday life.

How her approaches translate to online work

Kimberly commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in her practice. Client-centered work means she follows the client's pace and priorities, offers empathic listening, and helps people name what matters most. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. DBT teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful for anger, relationship strains, and mood instability.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods best fit their goals and preferences. That might mean trying skill-focused CBT exercises for a few sessions or leaning more on listening and validation while building coping strategies.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find remote sessions help fit therapy into a busy schedule, such as easier check-ins during a work break or shorter visits when time is limited. Online work can make it simpler to practice skills between sessions and to bring real-life problems into therapy for immediate feedback. Licensed professionals, including therapists, can adapt methods like CBT and DBT to an online setting while helping clients apply tools to everyday routines.