Kimberly Rickels, LCSW

Licensed in Tennessee · 22 years in practice

Kimberly Rickels helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or low mood.

License and registration

LCSW, Tennessee: 5646 · expires October 2026
NPI: 1659458347 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 22
Languages: English

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About Kimberly

Kimberly Rickels helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or low mood. She meets clients who are struggling with relationships, self-esteem, or major life changes. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, or LCSW, practicing in Tennessee with 22 years of professional experience.

Her sessions focus on creating an open, nonjudgmental space. She encourages people to talk about what is worrying them and to try small, manageable steps forward.

Background and approach

Conversations often center on improving communication and building confidence. Kimberly draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help with mood disorders and post-traumatic stress. She offers practical tools for coping and for handling hard days.

Together clients and she set realistic goals and track small wins. She also addresses isolation and loneliness by helping people reconnect with their priorities and supports. When relationships are strained, she helps identify clearer ways to express needs and set boundaries.

Therapy can be focused short term or more ongoing, depending on what a person needs. Starting therapy is framed as a collaborative process. Kimberly aims to help people feel understood while they learn skills to manage anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

She respects each person’s pace and works to build confidence over time.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Kimberly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Online support

Approaches and online options that fit your life

Two evidence-based approaches commonly used are skills-focused work and trauma-informed care. Skills-focused work teaches concrete strategies for managing anxiety, improving mood, and handling stress through short, practical exercises you can use between sessions. Trauma-informed care involves recognizing how past upsetting events affect current feelings and relationships and building steps to feel steadier over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, and adjust those methods as progress is made. This means trying techniques, checking what helps, and changing course when needed so the fit improves.

Online therapy makes it easier to schedule regular check-ins. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when video is not possible, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options support flexibility - fitting sessions around work, caregiving, or other demands while keeping consistent progress in therapy.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Kimberly commonly address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship problems, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include communication problems, isolation or loneliness, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach centers on an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through worries. Sessions emphasize practical tools, clearer communication, and setting small goals.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 22 years of professional work experience in clinical settings and related roles.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Tennessee and practices there.

Which languages are supported and can international clients work with her?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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