Therapist profile
Alison Kimball, LMSW, LCSW
Licensed clinical social worker - Family and parenting
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting concerns
- CBT and mindfulness
About Alison
Alison Kimball is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 20 years of professional experience. She helps adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, family conflict, and parenting concerns. Her practice also addresses grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, and everyday pressures like career stress and caregiver burden.
Alison focuses on straightforward, practical conversations. She listens to what matters at home and helps people sort through immediate problems. Sessions often include looking at patterns in relationships, testing small changes, and learning coping skills for intense feelings.
Her work draws on client-centered approaches that center the person's own goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and to build new coping habits. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies help people find concrete next steps when change feels overwhelming.
Alison has experience supporting people through parenting challenges, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and fatherhood-related questions. She also works with those facing chronic illness, aging and geriatric worries, and the stresses of caregiving.
She offers sessions in English and practices in Florida. If someone wants to begin, they follow the site process to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy means the work starts with what the person wants to change. The therapist listens, reflects, and follows the client’s priorities so sessions focus on real-life problems at home. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It teaches simple tools to spot unhelpful thinking and to try different behaviors that can reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then recommend which methods to use. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made or new problems come up.
Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, avoid travel time, and check in from a spot that suits the person. Phone sessions often need less bandwidth and can be shorter for a quick check-in, while video allows for face-to-face conversation. Discussing which format works best happens during the matching and scheduling steps so sessions can fit into everyday life.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Florida, Michigan
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family concerns does she address?
She helps adults with family conflict, blended family issues, adoption and foster care matters, and parenthood stresses.
How would she approach relationship problems?
She uses practical conversations to identify interaction patterns and tries small changes to improve communication and reduce conflict.
What is her clinical background?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with stress, trauma, addiction, grief, mood concerns, and parenting-related issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMSW and an LCSW licensed in Florida and practices there.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, then schedule a first session.
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