About Kimberly
Kimberly "Kim" Ivester is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Georgia with 24 years of experience. She offers a warm, respectful approach and aims to help people who are feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or stuck in relationships or at work. Kim focuses on practical change while honoring each person's story and goals.
Kim keeps sessions straightforward and approachable. She listens first, then helps you notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect.
Background and approach
From there she and the client pick small, concrete steps to try between sessions. She avoids labeling and instead focuses on how life is getting in the way of feeling better. Her background includes long experience in community and school settings.
That work gave her a wide view of common problems like ADHD, parenting concerns, grief, trauma, and struggles with substance use. She draws on that experience when a client needs real-world strategies to cope and move forward. In therapy she uses a mix of approaches suited to the person in front of her.
Kim may pull in cognitive-behavioral exercises, mindfulness skills, or psychodynamic ideas depending on the issue and what the client prefers. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person's pace and goals. People who choose Kim can expect clear communication and steady support.
She helps clients set realistic steps, practice new ways of thinking and acting, and handle setbacks without judgment. Her aim is to help people reclaim more satisfaction and calm in daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy centers the client's perspective and values. The therapist follows your lead, reflects what matters to you, and helps you name goals. This approach is helpful when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and decide what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and small behavioral steps to reduce anxiety or depression and improve daily functioning. CBT is often used for stress, worry, sleep problems, and mood shifts.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process allows sessions to change as needs evolve.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit counseling into busy lives. Video calls let people see and hear one another. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, journaling between sessions, or when a shorter exchange is all that’s needed. These options give flexibility for different days and schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English