Kimberly Merolla-Brito, LICSW

Rhode Island · 15 years in practice

Kimberly Merolla-Brito is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 15 years of experience.

License and registration

LICSW, Rhode Island: ISW02291 · expires May 2027
NPI: 1497990279 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English

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About Kimberly

Kimberly Merolla-Brito is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and relationship or family concerns. She also supports those juggling parenting, work stress, sleep or eating problems, and challenges like ADHD or compassion fatigue.

Her approach is warm and interactive. She listens closely and treats people with respect and sensitivity. Sessions focus on practical steps and on what the person wants to change, with the client guiding the pace and goals.

Background and approach

Kim uses ideas from cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered work, existential thinking, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, find meaning in difficult moments, and build small habits that make life feel more manageable. She has provided clinical services across settings in Rhode Island for many years and brings that experience into one-on-one sessions.

New clients begin where they are and set shared goals for therapy. Time in sessions is used efficiently to focus on agreed priorities. Kim offers several ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

She aims to meet people where they are and support them through change with steady, compassionate guidance.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Kimberly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Grief
Self esteem
Depression
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Kimberly names

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Online support

Approaches that guide online sessions

Existential thinking helps people face big life questions such as meaning, loss, and change. In sessions this can look like talking through values, choices, and what matters most when a person feels stuck or adrift.

Client-centered work centers the person as the expert on their life. The therapist listens deeply, offers empathy, and follows the client’s lead while helping them clarify goals and options.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and building new habits.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk about different methods, check what feels useful, and adjust based on the client’s goals and comfort. Collaboration helps ensure the approach fits the person’s needs.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is good for a full conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging can be a quick check-in, and text sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day. These options help people access consistent care around work, caregiving, or other commitments.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Kim commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and family issues, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and related areas such as caregiver stress and trauma recovery.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental. Sessions focus on listening, setting goals together, and taking practical steps toward change.

What kind of experience does she bring?

She has 15 years of clinical experience working in a variety of settings and brings that background into individual therapy sessions in Rhode Island.

What are her credentials and location?

Kim is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with a Rhode Island LICSW credential and practices with clients based in Rhode Island.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats does she use?

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

How are costs and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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