Kimberly Washington, LCSW

Kimberly Washington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a master's degree in Clinical Social Work Administration from The University of Chicago (2002) and more than two decades of practice. She focuses on helping people who carry the burden of unresolved emotional pain, guiding them through healing for issues that can affect sleep, relationships, mood, and daily functioning. Her work addresses a broad range of difficulties - from addictions and grief to relationship and intimacy challenges, low self-esteem, anger, compassion fatigue, and the stress of life transitions. She also concentrates on drug and alcohol addiction, infidelity, and jealousy.

With 21 years of experience across settings that include outpatient substance abuse treatment, transitional living programs for single mothers, independent living services, Department of Child Services and child protective services work, parent education, agency-based individual and family counseling, and private practice, she brings practical knowledge of how emotional wounds appear in behavior and relationships. These wounds can surface as anxiety, depression, isolation, difficulty parenting, disordered eating, substance misuse, or chronic anger, and she approaches them as interconnected problems that deserve thoughtful intervention.

Her therapeutic style blends evidence-based methods and depth-oriented work. She draws on client-centered principles, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), narrative therapy, psychodynamic approaches, and solution-focused techniques to help clients identify limiting beliefs, reframe painful narratives, and build concrete coping strategies. Kimberly emphasizes heart-to-heart dialogue where clients can explore painful experiences, release stuck emotion, and find forward movement.

Known for a commitment to service, she frames her career as a call to support others through recovery and renewal. Kimberly offers compassionate, experienced care aimed at restoring emotional balance and helping people reclaim meaningful connections in their lives.