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Kimberly Lincoln

Practical, skills-focused therapy for lasting change

LMHC, LCMHC North Carolina

Experience
11 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English

About Kimberly

Kimberly Lincoln brings a practical, skills-focused approach to therapy rooted in cognitive behavioral principles and client-centered care.

Background and approach

As an LMHC and LCMHC practicing for 11 years, she draws on structured methods to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors while also attending to each person's unique experience and goals.

Her background includes extensive work with children and families involved in the child welfare system as well as individuals and couples coping with trauma, relationship problems, addiction, and identity-related concerns. She has particular experience supporting survivors of childhood sexual trauma, members of the LGBTQ community, and people facing codependency and substance-related issues.

Kimberly integrates evidence-informed techniques such as CBT, DBT skills, trauma-focused interventions, and motivational interviewing to stabilize crises, strengthen coping, and build lasting change. Her practice balances attention to long-term objectives with flexibility to address pressing stressors that arise in day-to-day life.

Kimberly aims to help clients feel better in the areas that brought them to therapy and to guide them toward clearer, more manageable steps forward.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Kimberly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching concrete coping skills. She also applies Client-Centered Therapy, offering empathic listening and support that helps people explore their values and goals in a collaborative, nonjudgmental way. When emotional regulation and interpersonal patterns are central concerns, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used to build distress tolerance, emotion management, and more effective communication.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the therapeutic process, and Kimberly treats direction as a collaborative decision. She partners with each person to clarify needs and priorities, then tailors interventions so techniques match the client's goals and readiness for change.

Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options can make it easier to attend sessions from home, follow up between appointments with messaging, or choose the format that best supports progress toward therapeutic goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Kimberly commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, addictions, grief, intimacy and parenting concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her work combines client-centered listening with structured interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills and explore underlying patterns.
How long has she been practicing?
Kimberly has 11 years of experience working in counseling settings, including significant experience with children, youth in the child welfare system, and family stabilization.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices from North Carolina; her license details include FL LMHC MH11737 and NC LCMHC 16638.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available with her?
Clients can work with her through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on scheduling and format needs.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Licensed

Florida, North Carolina

Languages

English