Kimberly Garrett, LCSW

Kimberly Garrett is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, self-esteem concerns, depression, and big life changes. She frames clients as the experts in their own stories and focuses on practical steps that feel doable. Kimberly aims to make the first step less overwhelming for someone who is worried or unsure.

With 14 years of experience, she draws on several common therapy styles to match each person's needs. Sessions emphasize listening first, then building short-term goals and tools. Techniques include talking through patterns that keep problems going and trying small, testable changes to see what helps.

Kimberly pays attention to how culture shapes each person's experience. She works with people from diverse backgrounds and makes space for cultural values and history in therapy conversations. This helps when issues tie back to family of origin, immigration, or community expectations.

Her practice also focuses on specific struggles like abandonment and attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, body image, and feelings of isolation or guilt. Kimberly helps people sort through communication problems, commitment worries, control issues, and forgiveness work in concrete ways.

Sessions move at the client’s pace and often combine goal-setting with mindfulness and thought-focused exercises. The aim is to leave each meeting with one or two small steps a person can try between sessions. Kimberly supports practical change while recognizing the emotional work involved.

How Kimberly’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead. In practice this means the therapist asks open questions, reflects what she hears, and helps people find their own solutions. This approach is useful for stress, relationship concerns, and caregiver strain.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. Sessions often include noticing unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioral experiments to change them. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, low mood, and problems with motivation.

Kimberly treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will discuss options, try strategies together, and adjust plans based on what the client prefers and what goals they set. Clients help choose whether more practical steps or deeper reflection will come first.

Because the profile does not list specific session formats, confirm which online options are currently offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a full session isn’t possible. It can also support continuity of care when someone relocates within the same licensing area. The therapist will help tailor session length and focus so therapy fits into everyday life.