About Kimberly
Kimberly Kolarik is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of practice experience in Illinois and Indiana. She has worked with people confronting stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, and transitions tied to life changes.
Background and approach
Her background includes attention to blended family dynamics, chronic pain and illness, codependency and commitment concerns, as well as communication and control issues that can complicate everyday functioning. Her approach centers on a warm, interactive style that values respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor conversations and treatment plans to each person's needs, avoiding stigmatizing labels while focusing on practical strategies. Kimberly also brings experience assisting those dealing with trauma, grief related to divorce or separation, family of origin conflicts, fatherhood matters, first responder stress, and feelings of guilt or shame.
Clients can expect collaborative work aimed at building coping skills, improving communication, and navigating complex life events. She holds an LCSW and provides therapy through formats that accommodate different schedules and preferences.
Evidence-Informed Care and Flexible Online Sessions
Kimberly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in practical, accessible ways. Cognitive-behavioral informed work focuses on identifying and changing thought and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, or maladaptive coping, helping clients develop clearer strategies for everyday challenges. She also integrates humanistic-oriented methods that emphasize empathy, respect, and the therapeutic relationship to explore values, meaning, and emotional growth.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to clarify goals, assess what feels most helpful, and adapt methods over time so the approach fits the client’s needs and preferences rather than imposing a single model.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make services more accessible and flexible. These options allow clients to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or health limitations and to continue progress even when life circumstances change. Licensed professionals can use these formats to maintain continuity of care while tailoring session rhythm and tools to the individual.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Indiana
- Languages
- English