Kimbly Kellam, LPC

Kimbly Kellam is a Virginia Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and the aftermath of trauma and abuse. Kimbly emphasizes a strengths-based view and works alongside clients who want clearer direction and more satisfaction in daily life.

She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to the work. In sessions she listens closely, asks practical questions, and helps people notice how thoughts and everyday habits shape feelings and actions. The aim is to build simple tools that fit into real routines.

Kimbly draws on Client-Centered approaches to create a supportive space. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness methods are available when clients need skills for emotion regulation and present-moment focus.

Motivational Interviewing is part of the mix when people want help finding motivation for change. This can be useful for substance concerns, chronic health challenges, or making lifestyle shifts. Kimbly pairs these methods with practical steps you can try between sessions.

Her practice pays attention to both short-term relief and longer-term habit change. Sessions focus on clear goals, small experiments, and building on what already works in your life. People often leave with a plan they can use on a regular basis.

How these approaches translate to online work

Kimbly uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the session focused on the person's priorities. That approach means the therapist listens more than lectures and follows the client's lead on goals and timing.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to map thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions can include talking through patterns, setting small homework experiments, and tracking progress between meetings.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are offered when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. These skills can be practiced in session and turned into short exercises to use during the week.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kimbly will discuss options and adapt methods based on a person's needs, goals, and preferences. The choice of techniques is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, offer shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also allows practical between-session assignments to be reviewed quickly during scheduled meetings.