Kimberley Smith-Maxwell, LPC
Practical counseling that helps quiet negative thoughts
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How Kimberley works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kimberley
Kimberley Smith-Maxwell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 16 years of experience. She offers calm, practical guidance for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. Kimberley focuses on helping clients notice unhelpful thoughts and learn skills that make daily life easier.
She uses plain explanations about how thoughts, feelings, and the body interact. That helps people understand why they react the way they do and gives a starting point for change.
Background and approach
Kimberley often draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to pinpoint negative thinking patterns and replace them with more helpful habits. Her practice also brings in acceptance-based and attachment-informed ways of working. These approaches support people who are coping with old wounds, grief, or trouble with connection.
Sessions tend to be collaborative and geared toward real-life problems like sleep, parenting stress, work pressure, or relationship strain. Kimberley has worked across community mental health, medical settings, and online services. She emphasizes practical coping strategies for anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, and life transitions.
Clients learn clear steps they can practice between sessions. She welcomes conversations about goals and fits therapy to each person's needs. Kimberley encourages steady progress and aims to help people reclaim interests, improve relationships, and move toward a more satisfying daily life.
What Kimberley works with
Everything Kimberley lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kimberley's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kimberley lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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 you can use online with a licensed counselor
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without fighting them and to commit to values-based actions. It can help with anxiety, stress, and getting unstuck from avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying negative thought patterns and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing anger.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kimberley collaborates with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. Together they try strategies, tweak them, and track what helps so the plan evolves over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat can support quick check-ins, and messaging lets people write about concerns on their own time. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules and to keep steady progress without long commutes.
Questions people ask about Kimberley
What kinds of concerns can Kimberley help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma and related concerns such as sleep problems, eating issues, grief, parenting stress, career strain, ADHD, and relationship or family difficulties.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, using clear explanations about thoughts and feelings and teaching coping skills clients can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 16 years of experience in mental health and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of Houston-Victoria.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats does she provide?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.