About Kimberly
Kimberly DePue is a compassionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship strain. She speaks plainly and meets people where they are, offering steady support as they work toward feeling better. Kimberly aims to reduce isolation and shame while helping people strengthen self-esteem and find greater purpose.
She believes relationships - with self and others - matter for recovery and wellbeing. Trauma and relational ruptures can change how someone sees themselves and how they cope.
Background and approach
Kimberly focuses on helping clients understand those patterns and develop safer, healthier ways to respond. Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. She guides people through strong emotions without judgment and teaches skills to manage anxiety, social fears, and depressive symptoms.
She also addresses guilt, shame, and loneliness with a direct, empathic style. Her background includes 18 years of clinical experience and a North Carolina LCSW license. That experience includes work with substance use and addiction as part of broader trauma recovery and coping support.
In therapy she helps clients build self-awareness and new habits that fit their lives. Together clients and Kimberly look for steps that feel doable. The pace is collaborative and focused on concrete changes that improve daily functioning and relationships.
Approaches for trauma, anxiety, and relationship strain
Kimberly uses evidence-based techniques that help people process strong emotions and change unhelpful patterns. One common focus is trauma-informed work that helps someone understand how past hurts shape current reactions and relationships. This approach can reduce reactivity and make daily life feel more manageable.She also emphasizes skill-building for anxiety and depression, teaching concrete coping strategies for panic, worry, low mood, and social fears. These skills give people tools they can use between sessions to handle stress and improve functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kimberly collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adjusts the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people talk face-to-face when visual connection helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a short check-in fits a break at work. Chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, emotional support between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These formats increase flexibility so therapy can fit into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English