Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
How Kimberly works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC, LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kimberly
Kimberly Pollard Johnson is a licensed counselor and marriage and family therapist in California. She brings eight years of professional experience to sessions and focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, and life transitions. Kimberly aims to meet clients where they are and to work alongside them toward clearer goals.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts conversations to each person’s needs. Sessions are practical and direct, with tools to manage strong emotions, reduce impulsive reactions, and rebuild day-to-day routines.
Background and approach
She also offers support around work-related coaching and career concerns. Kimberly pays attention to how relationships and past hurts shape current behavior. She helps people who struggle with codependency, abandonment worries, and communication problems to recognize patterns and practice different choices.
She also addresses issues tied to chronic illness, body image, grief, and forgiveness. For people coping with intense stressors, Kimberly offers step-by-step strategies to calm the nervous system, spot triggers, and handle setbacks without giving up. Her work includes guidance for those facing divorce, separation, or domestic violence recovery, delivered in a measured, respectful way.
Sessions are offered in English and arranged to match each person’s schedule. Kimberly encourages a collaborative plan that reflects the client’s goals and pace. Taking the first step is an act of courage, and she aims to support clients through that process.
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
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Two common evidence-based techniques she uses are practical skills training and cognitive approaches. Practical skills training focuses on teaching specific behaviors and exercises to manage intense emotions, control impulsive reactions, and handle everyday stress. Cognitive approaches look at thoughts that fuel anxiety or anger and help people test and change unhelpful thinking patterns.She also incorporates coaching-style work for people who want focused help with career or executive concerns. That work tends to be goal-oriented and includes planning, accountability, and strategies to improve performance and balance.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Kimberly collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts plans over time based on what is working and what feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, day-to-day coaching, or when a shorter contact fits a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping continuity of care.
Questions people ask about Kimberly
What concerns does Kimberly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include body image, chronic illness, codependency, impulsivity, and more.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and collaborative. Conversations focus on clear steps, emotion regulation, and skills you can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including executive coaching and anger management support.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds LPCC and LMFT credentials and practices in California under those designations.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.