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Kimberlee  Thomas

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Kimberlee Thomas, LPC

Oklahoma

Oklahoma LPC - relationships and codependency focused

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Where Kimberlee stands

Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, Oklahoma / LPC03478
NPI
1871702167
Experience
31 years
Languages
English
Location
Oklahoma

About

  • CBT techniques
  • EMDR for trauma
  • Mindfulness skills

About Kimberlee

Kimberlee Thomas is an Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 31 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, life changes, addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and sleep problems. Kimberlee also addresses parenting stress, anger, career concerns, and patterns like codependency and attachment issues.

She keeps sessions focused on current problems and how past experiences shape them. Kimberlee listens and helps people clarify what matters to them. She introduces mindfulness, deep breathing, and meditation as practical skills to try between sessions.

Her approach draws on client-centered ways of working and cognitive behavioral techniques to notice thoughts and try different responses. She also uses dialectical behavior skills and EMDR when appropriate to address intense emotions and trauma memories. Sessions mix talking, skill practice, and short assessments to track progress.

Kimberlee’s background includes individual and group counseling across many settings. She has worked in community mental health, inpatient psychiatric units, nursing homes, foster care, employee assistance programs, Native American health services, and with federal probation and parole programs. She also has several years of online counseling experience.

Education includes a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a developmental emphasis and sociology minor, and an Associate of Science in Psychology. In sessions she helps people name goals, build on strengths, and take small practical steps toward those goals.

How sessions work

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping a person identify their own priorities and goals. Online sessions using this approach tend to emphasize open conversation, checking in about what matters most, and adjusting the pace to what the person needs.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. In online sessions CBT often includes homework, thought records, and brief skill practice between meetings to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or address relationship patterns.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method used to address traumatic memories and strong emotional reactions. When EMDR is used, sessions combine focused memory work with guided processing and calming skills to reduce distress tied to past events.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kimberlee will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to try based on goals and what feels workable. That plan can change as progress is made and needs shift.

The biography notes prior online counseling experience but does not list specific session formats here. Confirm the exact session formats before booking. Online sessions can help fit counseling into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and making it easier to attend from different locations. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques so sessions remain practical and focused on day-to-day changes.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficulties

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

31+ years

Listed in

Oklahoma

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, grief, addiction issues, and related patterns such as codependency and attachment difficulties.

What is her therapeutic style?

She uses a practical, client-centered style that combines talking, skill practice, and short assessments to track progress.

How much experience does she have?

She has 31 years in behavioral health across inpatient, community, nursing home, foster care, and other settings.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is an LPC in Oklahoma and provides services from that state.

Does she work in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific session formats.

How are sessions scheduled and paid?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.

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