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Kimberly Downing, LCPC
Maryland
LCPC in Maryland - Stress and Anxiety
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- Mindfulness practice
- Client-centered care
About Kimberly
Kimberly Downing is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland with 20 years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, process trauma and abuse, cope with grief, and address low self-esteem and depression. Kimberly focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions.
She uses clear, structured techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions include talking through specific situations, testing different responses, and practicing skills to reduce overwhelm. She also draws on mindfulness practices to help calm the body and attention.
Kimberly takes a client-centered stance, listening for what matters most to each person before suggesting tools. She discusses options like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy and explains how they might fit a person's goals. The emphasis is on actions a person can use in daily life.
Her work includes attention to issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, adoption and foster care concerns, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and comorbidity. She also supports people facing aging-related challenges, cancer-related stress, and relationship-related commitment or codependency concerns.
Sessions are straightforward and geared toward learning. Kimberly encourages people to try small experiments, notice what changes, and adjust the plan as needed. She welcomes clients who want direct, practical strategies to reduce distress and gain clearer ways of responding to difficult moments.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Kimberly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test practical behavior changes. CBT focuses on noticing thoughts, trying different responses, and learning what works in daily life. She also integrates Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening closely to what matters to the person and letting their goals guide the work.She often uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills as well, especially when teaching concrete tools for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. DBT skills are practical strategies that can be practiced between sessions to reduce intense reactions.
Finding the best fit is part of the process. Kimberly discusses the different approaches with each person and decides together which methods match the client's goals and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying one approach for a time and adjusting based on what helps.
The biography does not list specific online formats. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find that sessions done remotely let them apply new skills directly to everyday settings without major disruption.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Kimberly focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem issues, and depression, plus related topics such as abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image.
How does she typically approach therapy?
Her style is practical and structured. She listens first, then suggests CBT, DBT, mindfulness, or client-centered techniques to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with people on a range of stress and mood concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) licensed in Maryland and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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