Dr. Kimberly Yazell, LCSW
Calm, practical support for everyday parenting challenges
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 17
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- LGBT
About Kimberly
Dr. Kimberly Yazell is a licensed clinical social worker with 17 years of experience. She brings a calm, direct style and focuses on practical steps that parents can use right away.
Her work centers on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, grief, and parenting challenges. She uses straightforward talk and active listening to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions often include skill-building for coping, emotion regulation, and improving communication.
Background and approach
She blends problem-solving with mindfulness tools so clients can practice new habits between meetings. Dr. Yazell draws on approaches like Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
That mix helps address mood concerns, trauma history, and patterns that get in the way of daily functioning. She adapts techniques to fit a person’s situation and goals. Her experience includes working with complex cases that involve co-occurring mental health and substance use issues, as well as stress related to caregiving and life transitions.
She pays attention to how medical issues, aging concerns, and family-of-origin patterns influence current struggles. In sessions she aims to make next steps clear and manageable. People come away with concrete strategies for sleep, anger, relationship patterns, and parenting stress.
Her approach is collaborative, patient, and focused on usable change.
What Kimberly works with
Everything Kimberly lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kimberly helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kimberly lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and meeting people where they are. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's concerns, reflects what she hears, and helps people set goals that feel doable. It can be helpful for anyone needing validation and clearer next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In sessions clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice alternative responses. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and parenting-related stress. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss different methods and try strategies that match a client's goals, preferences, and daily routine. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan over time. Online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility. Video is good for a fuller conversation and learning new skills. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or need less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick coping reminders, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy parenting schedules.Questions people ask about Kimberly
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, and related issues listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct and supportive, focusing on practical skills, clearer thinking, and mindfulness practices tailored to each person.
What relevant experience does she bring?
She has 17 years of clinical experience and has worked with complex, co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds an LCSW and practices in Indiana.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on therapist availability.
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