About Kimberly
Dr. Kimberly Austin brings 20 years of counseling experience to her practice in Mississippi. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing relationship strain, LGBT-related concerns, parenting stress, and intimacy questions.
Her work focuses on practical support and steady guidance during difficult moments. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak freely about sensitive topics. Sessions are straightforward and focused on real-life needs.
Conversations cover what is happening now and what changes a person wants to make.
Background and approach
Dr. Austin has long experience addressing family issues, blended family concerns, and conflicts arising from family of origin patterns. She also helps people navigating infidelity, commitment questions, fertility stress, and fatherhood challenges.
Her practice includes attention to multicultural concerns and challenges faced by veterans and armed forces members. She is comfortable talking about sexual health topics, including sexual dysfunction, gender dysphoria, and aspects of BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture. She also supports people exploring non-monogamous or polyamorous relationship structures and the discrimination or prejudice they sometimes face.
Clients can expect a collaborative tone that balances practical steps with emotional support. Dr. Austin encourages small, manageable changes and checks progress along the way.
Her approach aims to help people feel more confident in their choices and relationships.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Dr. Austin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear goals and measurable steps. One common approach she favors is problem-focused work that helps identify patterns in relationships and creates concrete behavior changes to improve communication and trust. This kind of work is useful for dealing with infidelity, commitment issues, and recurring family conflicts.She also uses supportive, exploratory conversation to address identity and sexual health concerns. These sessions help people talk through gender dysphoria, LGBT-related stress, or questions about kink and alternative sex culture without judgment, and to find practical ways to manage discomfort or relationship impact.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options with each person, consider their goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients and the therapist work together to decide which techniques fit best.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to have a shorter, focused conversation. These options help people fit care around work, family, or travel while keeping momentum in therapy.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English