About Kimberly
Kimberly Steinmann is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 27 years of clinical experience. She brings a calm, straightforward style to sessions and aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Her approach is practical and person-focused, with attention to what matters most to each individual.
She uses tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy are woven in to build emotional skills and reduce reactivity. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match each person's readiness. Kimberly has worked in a variety of settings and has experience with trauma, addictions, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues.
She also focuses on family-related challenges such as blended family dynamics, adoption and foster care, and communication problems. She helps people facing life transitions like divorce, caregiver stress, and grief. Her personal perspective as a parent informs her work with parenting concerns and caregiver strain, while maintaining a focus on the individual in front of her.
Kimberly also works with people exploring sexual identity and alternative sex culture topics, and she addresses body image and codependency issues in practical ways. Clients can expect clear, understandable guidance and down-to-earth strategies to try between sessions. Kimberly practices from Missouri as an LPC and conducts therapy in English, including with international clients when appropriate.
Evidence-informed approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take values-driven steps even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it often helps with depression, anxiety, and coping skills. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase moment-to-moment awareness, which can support emotion regulation and stress management.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kimberly will collaborate with each person to pick strategies that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. She combines methods as needed and adjusts the plan based on what is working and what is not.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions enable face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer flexibility for brief updates, journaling-style work, or when written communication feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- 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
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English