Kimberley Slown , LCSW

Kimberley Slown is a Tennessee-licensed clinician with 24 years of professional experience who works with adolescents and adults to address trauma, anxiety, depression, and a range of relational and life challenges. She holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, indicating advanced training in clinical assessment and therapeutic intervention.

Her practice emphasizes evidence-based methods, including EMDR, CBT, and DBT, to help people recover from trauma and abuse, manage stress and anxiety, and navigate LGBTQ+ related concerns. She combines these approaches with a respectful, nonjudgmental stance that encourages clients to explore their goals and build coping skills at a comfortable pace.

Slown creates a calm environment where clients can speak openly about difficult experiences and work toward clearer self-understanding and practical change. She has experience supporting issues such as self-esteem, ADHD, addictions, grief, relationship and family difficulties, and a variety of life transitions. Taking the first step to seek help is framed as an act of courage, and she aims to partner with clients through that process.

Her current availability is limited to occasional early mornings, Thursday and Friday afternoons or early evenings, and Sunday late morning or early afternoon, reflecting a practice that balances clinical focus with scheduled openings.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Kimberley Slown incorporates several evidence-based approaches that translate well to online formats. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding how early relationships shape current emotional patterns and interpersonal dynamics - it helps people strengthen trust, improve connection, and address attachment-related concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) centers on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skill-building, making it useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured approach for processing traumatic memories and reducing their emotional intensity, often used when trauma and abuse have impacted daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Slown works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and she tailors interventions so the chosen methods fit the client rather than forcing a single model on every situation. This collaboration helps prioritize what will be most helpful in therapy.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing people to access licensed professionals from home, work, or other convenient locations. These options make it easier to schedule consistent sessions, maintain momentum between meetings, and integrate therapeutic work into busy lives while preserving continuity of care.