About Kimberly
Kimberly Bristow is a licensed professional counselor in Idaho with 12 years of clinical experience. She combines counseling and coaching skills to help people untangle anxiety, stress, depression, and problems with eating and body image. She also brings a strong background in career and workplace coaching from more than a decade working with professionals.
That experience informs practical conversations about job stress, career decisions, and workplace relationships. Sessions often focus on concrete steps clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
In the therapy room Kimberly aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space for people to share difficult thoughts and feelings. She uses straightforward talk, questions that help clarify what matters most, and goal-oriented planning. The pace is set by the client and adjusted as needs change.
Her additional focus areas include mood disorders, chronic illness and pain, grief and end-of-life concerns, blended family and family-of-origin issues, and challenges tied to prejudice or identity. She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, and life-purpose questions. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Kimberly supports clients who want practical strategies and honest conversation about the next steps in their life, work, or health.
Practical approaches for online counseling and coaching
Kimberly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on reducing anxiety and improving mood. For anxiety and stress she favors brief, focused strategies that help identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. These approaches teach skills people can practice between sessions to reduce worry and regain a sense of control.For depression and related mood issues she works with activity-focused and problem-solving methods. These techniques help clients notice what drains or lifts their mood, set small achievable goals, and rebuild daily routines. For eating and body image concerns the work centers on changing behaviors and beliefs one step at a time, and on developing kinder self-talk and healthier habits.
Finding the best fit is a collaborative process. Kimberly will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper exploration, while phone sessions work well when internet bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing coaching-style support easier to fit into a busy day. These options give flexibility to match the format to the work someone wants to do.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English