Dr. Kimberley Dockery, LMFT

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Compassionate therapy for life’s hard transitions

Details

Name	Dr. Kimberley Dockery
Credentials	LMFT
Based in	Oregon
Licensed in	Oregon, Washington
Session format	Online
Languages	English
Years in practice	10

About Kimberley

Dr. Kimberley Dockery is a licensed marriage and family therapist with ten years of clinical experience. She offers calm, practical guidance for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and major life changes.

Her style is warm and collaborative, and she focuses on what matters most to each person. She listens for the story that shapes how someone sees themselves and their choices. From there she helps identify small, doable steps toward clearer thinking and steadier emotion.

Background and approach

Sessions often involve looking at thoughts, behaviors, and the patterns that keep problems going. Her background includes work in medical settings supporting people facing chronic illness and caregiving stress. That experience informs a practical approach to fatigue, chronic pain, and illness-related life changes.

She also supports people dealing with postpartum depression, cancer-related concerns, and the stress of caregiving. Dr. Dockery blends Narrative perspectives with cognitive-behavioral tools and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques.

She uses client-centered listening and emotionally focused ideas when relationships and intimacy are central to the work. The mix aims to help people reconnect with their values and rebuild routines that feel manageable. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients.

She practices in Oregon as an LMFT and works with clients on issues that include parenting, career, ADHD, compassion fatigue, multicultural concerns, and women’s issues. Her approach is steady and goal-oriented, designed to help people move forward one step at a time.

What this therapist works with

Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Grief among the things Kimberley works with, alongside the areas below.

Approaches listed

Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Kimberley among the ways she works.
Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Kimberley among the ways she works.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Kimberley among the ways she works.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Kimberley among the ways she works.
Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Kimberley among the ways she works.
Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Kimberley among the ways she works.
Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kimberley among the ways she works.
Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Kimberley directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.

Narrative Therapy in this listing

Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.

If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Kimberley directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.

Online session options

How Narrative and Acceptance-Based Work Adapt to Online Therapy

Dr. Dockery uses Narrative approaches to help people tell and revise the stories that shape daily choices and relationships. Narrative work focuses on identifying patterns in life stories and opening new possibilities for action and identity. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps toward what matters to them. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with chronic health concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Dockery treats the choice of methods as a collaborative question. Together the client and therapist consider goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods over time if needed.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls let people use visual cues for relationship and intimacy work. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is helpful. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible ways to stay connected between longer sessions and to share notes or brief reflections. These options make it easier to arrange therapy around work, caregiving, or medical appointments.

Common questions about this listing

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and coping with life changes among other concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and client-centered, combining narrative listening with cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based techniques.

What experience does she bring to sessions?

She has ten years of experience, including work as a medical family therapist with clients facing chronic illness and caregiving stress.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Oregon with licensure listed as OR LMFT and WA LMFT.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.

What session formats are offered online?

She works through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

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?

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