- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Kertina
Kertina Kimbrough is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who focuses on parenting concerns and related stresses. She centers sessions on the parent’s experience and practical next steps. Conversations aim to be straightforward and supportive so parents feel heard and less overwhelmed.
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current parenting patterns. She also follows a client-centered approach that invites parents to set goals and guide sessions.
Background and approach
Together, therapist and client identify small changes that can ease daily life and improve connections. Kertina brings seven years of professional experience in counseling to her work. Her practice emphasizes issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, self-esteem, and relationship strain.
She also focuses on adoption and foster care concerns, attachment challenges, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and postpartum struggles. Sessions tend to be collaborative and practical. Kertina listens for what’s working already and builds on those strengths.
She helps people develop clearer routines, communication strategies, and ways to manage stress so parenting feels more manageable. Her approach is calm and straightforward, aimed at parents who want change but need realistic steps to get there. She supports clients through decisions around pregnancy and childbirth, workplace stress, forgiveness and guilt, and issues that affect women.
Meetings can be arranged to fit busy schedules and different preferences.
What Kertina works with
Everything Kertina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kertina helps people with.
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kertina lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online care grounded in attachment and client-centered work
Kertina draws on attachment-based ideas to explore how early relationships shape parenting patterns. That approach looks at how connection, trust, and emotional responses developed early on can influence daily routines and reactions as a parent. It can be useful for adoption, foster care concerns, and attachment issues.She also practices client-centered therapy, which focuses on the parent’s perspective and priorities. Sessions are guided by what the parent brings, with the therapist reflecting, asking questions, and helping set practical goals. This style works well when someone wants to build on existing strengths and find realistic next steps.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Kertina will listen to your goals and try different ways of working until you both agree on a helpful path. She frames therapy as teamwork, adjusting methods to match your needs, comfort, and schedule.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy family life. Video sessions allow face-to-face discussion, phone calls require less bandwidth, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging supports short updates between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around childcare, work, and other demands.
Questions people ask about Kertina
What parenting concerns are addressed?
Kertina helps with a wide range of parenting-related issues including attachment concerns, adoption and foster care challenges, blended family issues, postpartum depression, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Sessions combine attachment-based ideas with a client-centered approach. That means exploring relationship patterns while following the parent’s lead on priorities and goals.
What is Kertina's professional background?
She has seven years of experience in counseling work and focuses on parenting, trauma, anxiety, grief, and related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, uses the LPC designation, and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs and schedule.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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