About Kimberly
Kimberly Curtis is an Illinois-licensed clinician (LCPC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, and challenges related to ADHD and life transitions.
Background and approach
With five years of clinical experience, she offers practical support for concentration and motivation while addressing related concerns such as body image, attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication struggles, control and commitment problems, and the effects of separation or domestic violence.
She emphasizes an open therapeutic environment where clients can name difficult feelings and thoughts without fear of judgment. Kimberly collaborates with each person to build skills for coping with change, improving confidence, and enhancing daily functioning.
Her approach centers on clear, evidence-informed practices tailored to each individual’s situation, and she acknowledges the courage it takes to begin therapy while providing steady guidance through the early steps of treatment.
Online Approaches for Practical Change
Kimberly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building practical skills and improving daily functioning. One common approach emphasizes skill-building for managing anxiety and stress through structured exercises that teach coping strategies and attention management, which can help with concentration, motivation, and ADHD-related difficulties. Another approach targets addictive behaviors and self-esteem by exploring patterns of thinking and behavior and replacing them with healthier habits and self-supportive practices.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Kimberly works collaboratively with each client to determine which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors methods over time based on response and client feedback, making adjustments to better support progress and comfort in sessions.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes therapy more flexible for varied schedules and locations. These formats allow clients to access licensed professionals from different places, maintain continuity of care during life transitions, and choose how they communicate in ways that suit their comfort and routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English