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Kimberly Donihue

MO LMFT 2007031919, MO LPC 2008010204
Credentials
MO LMFT 2007031919, MO LPC 2008010204
NPI Number
1295900363
Location
Missouri
Languages
English, Spanish
Kimberly Donihue
16 years experience

About Kimberly Donihue

As a licensed therapist in Missouri, I bring over 16 years of compassionate clinical experience supporting individuals through complex life challenges. My approach is deeply empathetic and holistic, focusing on helping clients navigate issues like depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and personal growth.

I specialize in addressing a wide range of emotional and psychological concerns, including social anxiety, relationship dynamics, self-esteem, workplace stress, and life transitions. My therapeutic style is collaborative and adaptive, designed to meet each client’s unique needs and personal journey.

With expertise in areas such as women’s issues, attachment challenges, and multicultural concerns, I strive to create a supportive, non-judgmental environment where individuals can explore their experiences and develop meaningful strategies for healing and personal transformation.

My commitment is to walk alongside you, offering genuine understanding and professional guidance as you work towards greater emotional well-being and self-discovery.

Licenses

LMFT
2007031919
LPC
2008010204

Professional experience

  • Addictions
  • ADHD
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Compassion fatigue
  • Coping with life changes
  • Depression
  • Eating disorders
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Sleeping disorders
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Abandonment
  • Aging and geriatric issues
  • Attachment issues
  • Avoidant personality
  • Blended family issues
  • Body image
  • Cancer
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Chronic pain, illness, and disability
  • Co-morbidity
  • Codependency
  • Commitment issues
  • Communication problems
  • Control issues
  • Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
  • Dependent personality
  • Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce and separation
  • Domestic violence
  • Drug and alcohol addiction
  • Eating and food-related issues
  • Emptiness
  • Family of origin issues
  • Family problems
  • Fatherhood issues
  • First responder issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Gender dysphoria
  • Guilt and shame
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Hospice and end-of-life counseling
  • Immigration issues
  • Impulsivity
  • Infidelity
  • Isolation / loneliness
  • Jealousy
  • Life purpose
  • Midlife crisis
  • Money and financial issues
  • Mood disorders
  • Multicultural concerns
  • Narcissism
  • Panic disorder and panic attacks
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Self-harm
  • Self-love
  • Sex addiction
  • Sexual assault and abuse
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Sexuality
  • Social anxiety and phobia
  • Somatization
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Trichotillomania
  • Women's issues
  • Workplace issues
  • Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Jungian Therapy
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

15 Reviews

“A really lovely, supportive therapist who provides a lot of expertise in many areas.”

“Kimberly has literally been a Godsend in my life.”

“Kimberly is an exceptional therapist and continues to help me greatly. I chose because I wanted a professionally trained Christian counselor, and I could not be more grateful to her. <br /> Kimberly is highly professional and compassionate, knowledgeable and skilled in numerous clinical issues and interventions, and remembers personal history and information. She integrates all of these into an understandable, enlightening, authentically supportive, life-changing therapy experience for me. She has helped me achieve my goals and way beyond. I greatly respect and like Kimberly, and I highly recommend her. I am a therapist myself and know many. She is the best therapist of us all.”

“Kimberly continues to be an excellent support and help to me in my evolving circumstances. She has helped me attain a huge huge goal/dream of mine and diligently helped me break it down into small and manageable steps with her encouragement and training in numerous DBT and other skills & resources along the way, making it all possible. There’s no way this achievement, as well as so many others, would have come about without her help. Her knowledge, skill, and professionalism are tremendous, and her compassionate, patient, sincere, persistent, gracious style is so very much appreciated. I like Kimberly a lot as a person and she is an exceptional therapist. I respect her in every way, and hold her in the highest regard. I am a therapist myself and recognize Kimberly‘s outstanding skill. She continues to help me through a major life-altering event, five years ago and all of the various consequences of that, as well as increasing myself awareness, self efficacy, confidence, and resilience. Kimberly’s help has been a true Godsend to me. She is tremendous and I think God for her.”

“Kimberly Donihue is knowledgeable, caring, & wise. She offers the right amount of help to unwind those mental knots & clear head space so you can figure out how to tackle things. I appreciate her expertise & support.”

“Kimberly is a lovely, warm, compassionate person who meets me wherever I'm at emotionally--so supportive, so much insight.”

“Kimberly is an excellent therapist. She has helped me tremendously in so many ways. She’s a wonderful, kind, caring, compassionate person, too, perfect for me. Kimberly is a rare gem, the best of the best.”

“Kimberly continues to be extremely helpful, knowledgeable, and an excellent therapist. She has helped me immensely and consistently demonstrates such kindness, compassion, wisdom, knowledge, and expertise. She is a perfect match for me. She’s also the best therapist I know. And I am a therapist myself and know many . Kimberly is outstanding and I like her very, very much personally as well. She’s an exemplary therapist and person.”

“Kimberly is an excellent therapist and helps me tremendously through a ongoing difficult situation in my life. She is very knowledgeable of current research, provides me with numerous resources, and is exceptionally compassionate and validating. I feel her caring. I really, really like her and thank God for her as a person and as an excellent and gifted therapist. I am<br /> A therapist myself and know many therapists. Kimberly is cream of the crop. I cannot overstate her ability and professionalism. She has helped me tremendously.”

“Kimberly is wonderful. She always responds very quickly and really listens. She explains therapy methods and thoroughly discuses everything with me.”

“Her flexibility and kindness and insight have been invaluable to me. She has helped me through this journey at my own pace, taking side roads and detours as needed.”

“Such an incredible therapist. The perfect combination of listening and advice. Makes learning about the processes I’m going through fun and interesting. So happy I found her on Better Help!”

“I have been seeing Kimberly for well over a year and could not say enough nice things about her. She is a highly skilled therapist, very professional, with a multitude of resources and many years of experience. She has knowledge and skill in all of my areas of concern, and has been a true blessing and a tremendous help to me. She has simply been a superb therapist for me, and I like her very much as a person. Kimberly is one of the kindest, most caring, extremely competent, sensitive, and highly professional therapists that I know, and I know many therapists , as I am one myself. Her integrity , skill, and professionalism are top-notch.”

“Kimberly Donihue has been my counselor for over a year now, she is nothing short of amazing. She blends the perfect mix of teaching and understanding. Even when I bring up something I feel is silly or unimportant she makes me feel heard and like I’m not alone in whatever I’m struggling with. I really feel like I got lucky in having her, she is so kind and thoughtful. Her responses are genuine and let me see things from a new perspective. She has made a huge difference in my life.”

“Kimberly has been absolutely amazing so far! She works really hard to validate me when I'm having doubts or when I accuse myself of being irrational - she's already been such a blessing in such a short timeframe!”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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