- Stress management
- Body image work
- Guilt and shame
About Kimberly
Kimberly Carlesi is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with three years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, depression, and major life changes. Kimberly also addresses related concerns such as body image, control issues, guilt and shame, isolation, and panic symptoms.
Her approach is straightforward and respectful. She listens to what a person is dealing with and shapes conversations to the issue at hand. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer ways to cope with overwhelming feelings or repeated patterns.
Kimberly offers help sorting through guilt and shame tied to relationships, choices, faith, or old hurts. She helps people name what they feel and identify small actions that can change how those feelings show up day to day. Work may include talking through past events, addressing unhelpful self-talk, and building skills for steadier moods.
She also supports people managing eating difficulties, body image concerns, and impulses that feel out of control. Therapy can include pacing check-ins, learning breathing or grounding tools for panic, and practicing different ways to communicate needs.
Clients can expect a practical, person-focused way of working. Kimberly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts the conversation to each person’s situation. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step is used to plan the first session.
Evidence-based techniques and how they fit into online work
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical skills and clearer thinking. Cognitive approaches help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them against real situations; this can reduce repetitive self-blame and ease shame-based thinking. Trauma-focused methods offer structured ways to process distressing memories and teach grounding or breathing skills to manage panic and flashbacks.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, symptoms, and preferences and together decide which techniques to try first. That collaboration helps match methods to what a person needs now and what they can practice between sessions.
The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for check-ins when pauses in work or childcare are available. Some formats require less bandwidth or no video, which can be useful for shorter check-ins or when showing body-based grounding exercises is not needed. Talk with the therapist about practical arrangements so sessions work with daily life rather than add to it.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to guilt and shame?
She works with guilt and shame connected to relationships, past choices, family roles, faith, and ongoing self-criticism.
How does she approach therapy sessions?
She uses a practical, person-focused approach that names feelings and teaches coping steps. Conversations and plans are adjusted to the client's current needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kimberly has three years of professional work experience as an LMHC in Florida.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices in Florida.
Can clients work with her in other languages or from other countries?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify 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?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.