How Kimberly works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kimberly
Kimberly Corts is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 22 years of experience helping people navigate stress, grief, anxiety, and major life transitions. She practices in Tennessee and focuses on short-term, skills-based work meant to build coping tools over three to six months. Kimberly combines practical strategies with a calm, approachable style.
She takes a collaborative approach in sessions. Kimberly draws on what she has learned in her career and on each person’s own values and priorities.
Background and approach
Sessions are intended to be respectful and nonjudgmental while also offering challenge and encouragement when helpful. Kimberly uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses mindfulness to teach grounding and stress reduction skills.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change and build motivation. Her practice includes work with caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness and pain, grief, and life purpose questions. Kimberly also helps people with relationship struggles, parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues, and anger.
She can include a Christian perspective on request but does not make it her standard method. In sessions clients can expect focused skill-building for practical problems. Kimberly aims to help people leave with tools they can use day to day, and with clearer steps toward their goals.
What Kimberly works with
Everything Kimberly lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kimberly's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Divorce and separation
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kimberly lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Kimberly uses evidence-based approaches online
Kimberly commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT sessions typically include practical exercises, homework, and step-by-step plans to reduce anxiety, depression, and anger reactions.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple breathing and attention skills that reduce stress and improve emotional regulation. Mindfulness tools are often paired with CBT techniques to help apply new skills in real situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kimberly will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and then help choose or combine methods. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.
Offering sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into daily life. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, mood tracking, and between-session coaching when regular contact helps progress.
Questions people ask about Kimberly
What concerns does Kimberly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar mood concerns, anger, and life transitions. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness and pain, parenting strain, and career or purpose questions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are collaborative and practical. Kimberly is calm and approachable and aims to teach skills you can use in day-to-day life while also offering challenge when appropriate.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 22 years of clinical experience working across many concerns, especially caregiver stress, grief, anxiety, and life-stage transitions.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
Kimberly practices in Tennessee and holds the LCSW credential. The profile lists her credential as TN LCSW.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does cost and subscription work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.