About Kimberly
Kimberly Berman is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of practice in New York. She works with people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting worries, grief, and changes in life circumstances. Her style is warm and patient and she aims to match the pace of each person she sees.
Kimberly uses a psychodynamic framework as a starting point. That means she pays attention to patterns in feelings and relationships that repeat over time.
Background and approach
She helps people name those patterns and understand how past experiences can shape current reactions. Sessions are conversational and steady. Kimberly emphasizes building trust and a real rapport before moving into deeper topics.
She often focuses on emotions tied to abandonment, body image, shame, or guilt so people can begin to feel more in control of their choices. She also supports those dealing with eating and food-related issues, impulsivity, obsessive thoughts and compulsions, phobias, postpartum depression, seasonal mood shifts, social anxiety, and isolation.
Her approach adapts to the problem at hand rather than forcing one fixed method. Kimberly draws on 30 years of clinical experience to guide treatment choices. She listens first, helps name what is happening, and collaborates on practical next steps.
People looking for steady, reflective care often find her manner calming and approachable.
Psychodynamic work and online therapy options
Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns in thoughts, feelings, and relationships that repeat over time. It helps people understand how past experiences influence current reactions and relational habits. This approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, and issues like shame or abandonment.Kimberly aims to work collaboratively to find the best approach. She listens first to your goals and concerns, then suggests ways to proceed and adjusts the plan as you go. Together you decide whether a steady, reflective pace or a more practical focus fits your needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter, more frequent check-ins or a way to carry on work between sessions. These options can help fit therapy into work or family schedules while keeping the focus on meaningful progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English