Kimberly Ennis, LCSW

Kimberly Ennis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience. She brings practical, down-to-earth care to people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. Kimberly centers the client and focuses on real-life changes rather than jargon. She practices in North Carolina and offers sessions in English.

Kimberly draws on approaches that help people build new habits, manage strong emotions, and process painful memories. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and take meaningful steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for emotion regulation and better communication.

Her background includes work across varied settings and with diverse people, so she pays attention to culture and context during sessions. Kimberly emphasizes a strengths-based style that looks for what already helps a person cope and then builds from there. She aims to create a respectful and inclusive space for honest conversation.

People often come to her for trauma, PTSD symptoms, addiction concerns, caregiver stress, or challenges tied to illness and aging. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, parenting pressure, or life transitions. Sessions tend to be collaborative, focusing on practical tools and steady progress.

To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to connect a person to services and schedule sessions based on therapist availability. Costs vary by location and the practice uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. It can be useful for stress, chronic illness, caregiver strain, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. CBT is often used for mood, anxiety, and coping with chronic pain or medical concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can help with intense emotions and relationship stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. Decisions about which tools to use are collaborative and adjusted as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make it simpler to involve real-life practice between sessions, such as trying a new routine or communication skill and then discussing how it went.