Kimberly Ream
Support for stress, anxiety, and relationships
LPC, LMFT Missouri
- Experience
- 14 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Kimberly
Kimberly Ream is a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist in Missouri. She has 14 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship worries, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at practical steps people can use right away. She focuses on building self-understanding and clearer communication.
Sessions often include talking through immediate concerns and trying out new ways to respond. She combines problem-focused strategies with attention to personal values and meaning.
Kimberly draws on several proven approaches to tailor care to each person. That can mean working on patterns that keep problems going, learning skills to manage strong emotions, or processing painful memories when needed.
The choice of method depends on what a person needs and what feels most helpful. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to bring real-life difficulties.
She pays attention to daily stresses like work pressure, parenting strain, and relationship conflict. The aim is to find manageable changes that reduce suffering and improve day-to-day functioning.
Her background blends couple- and individual-focused tools, and she uses the Gottman Method among other approaches. Kimberly also works with concerns such as addiction, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, ADHD, and caregiver stress.
She collaborates with each person to set clear goals and practical next steps.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online care
Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and reducing destructive patterns between people. Online sessions can use these techniques to practice conversations, learn conflict tools, and build better emotional connection. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities, giving space for clients to lead the pace and focus of work while the therapist listens and reflects. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change them, which works well in short exercises and homework between sessions.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and the problem at hand and then suggest methods to try. That plan can be adjusted over time so clients find what fits best for their needs and schedule.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people practice communication skills face to face. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing support without scheduling a full session. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy days while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.
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Experience
14+ years
Licensed in
Missouri
Languages
English