Kertina Kimbrough , LPC

Kertina Kimbrough is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan with seven years of clinical experience supporting individuals and families through a wide range of challenges. She holds the LPC credential, is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) which denotes national-level professional certification, and is Board Certified in Telemental Health (BC-TMH), reflecting specialized training for delivering therapy at a distance. She also carries the MI-AIMH Infant Mental Health Specialist endorsement, highlighting focused work with infants, young children, and caregivers.

Kertina brings experience addressing attachment and parenting concerns, infant and early childhood mental health, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family problems, postpartum depression, and issues around self-esteem, career stress, and workplace difficulties. She concentrates on practical, strength-based support for parents, caregivers, and blended families, including those navigating adoption, foster care, and caregiver stress.

Guided by the belief that each person is the expert of their own story, Kertina centers clients' strengths and goals while offering supportive, empowering collaboration. She frames therapy as a courageous step toward greater well-being and partners with clients to identify steps that promote meaningful, sustainable change.

Attachment and Client-Centered Care Delivered Online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding and strengthening the emotional bonds between caregivers and children or between partners. It helps people explore patterns of relating that develop in early life and offers tools to build more secure, responsive connections, which can be especially useful for parenting concerns, adoption and foster care issues, and attachment challenges.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client's own perspective, pacing, and goals. A therapist using this approach offers empathy, active listening, and nonjudgmental support to help clients discover their strengths and make choices that align with their values. This approach can be beneficial for stress, anxiety, self-esteem, grief, and life transitions.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine what methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals will adapt techniques over time based on what is most helpful for the client.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for clients with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or limited local options. These formats make it possible to connect with therapists from home or work, maintain continuity of care during life changes, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable.