Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Kimber works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, LISW
- Licensed in
- Iowa, Illinois
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kimber
Kimber Brokaw is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of experience. She practices in Illinois as an LCSW and LISW and focuses on helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or burned out. Kimber encourages practical steps that lead to real change rather than endless talk about problems.
She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger. Kimber also helps people dealing with relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
Career transitions, life changes, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue are other areas she will address. Her approach mixes common-sense tools and thoughtful reflection. Kimber uses cognitive behavioral therapy methods to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She draws on narrative therapy to reframe life stories and psychodynamic ideas to look at how past patterns still shape today's choices. Sessions often include solution-focused techniques and experiential exercises. Those practical activities are meant to move people from thinking to doing so they can test changes between sessions.
Kimber aims to help clients build clearer goals, better communication, and healthier day-to-day coping skills. People who prefer an active, collaborative therapist tend to fit well with her style. She invites clients to explore values, uncover how they were wounded, and practice new responses that match the life they want to lead.
What Kimber works with
Everything Kimber lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kimber's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kimber lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- 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.
Approaches that work well online
Kimber uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, a practical approach that suits problems like anxiety, anger, and low mood. She also uses narrative therapy to help people tell and retell their life story in ways that free them from old patterns and open new options.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Kimber collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. That means sessions can mix short solution-focused steps with deeper reflection or hands-on exercises depending on what helps most.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when discussion and visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework feedback, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make therapy flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules, while keeping the focus on practical change and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Kimber
What kinds of problems does Kimber address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, and workplace or caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, combining thought-focused strategies with experiential exercises to help people test changes between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Kimber has 16 years of clinical experience and a long history in social work, including nonprofit and school settings before independent practice.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds Illinois and Iowa social work licenses listed as LCSW and LISW and practices from Illinois.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Kimber offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.