About Kimberly
Kimberly Downing, MD, LCPC helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps to make daily life feel more manageable. Her style aims to make conversations feel calm and nonjudgmental so people can talk about what matters most.
With two decades of clinical work, she draws on approaches like client-centered care, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness exercises. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that keep problems stuck and tries simple experiments to test new ways of coping. Kimberly emphasizes skills people can use between sessions. That can mean short behavior changes, breathing or grounding practices, or small shifts in thinking about difficult situations.
She checks in about what works and adapts plans as needed. The therapist also supports those dealing with complicated life themes such as abandonment, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care matters, chronic health conditions, caregiving stress, and body image. She pays attention to how life history shapes current behavior and relationships.
People who choose her often want a steady, experienced clinician who uses clear tools and listening to make progress. Kimberly aims to help clients build habits that reduce distress and increase confidence. She works with each person to set realistic goals and track change over time.
Approaches online that focus on skills and meaning
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and respect. The therapist follows the client's lead and helps people name their priorities, which suits worries about anxiety, grief, and self-esteem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It involves trying small behavior experiments and changing unhelpful thinking patterns to reduce anxiety and low mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That conversation guides whether sessions emphasize mindset shifts, skills practice, or mindfulness exercises, and plans are adjusted as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can fit a short break or work around low bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and skill reminders easy to fit into a busy day. These options help people access consistent care without major travel or schedule disruption.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- 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
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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