Kimberly Sylla, LCSW
Pennsylvania · 25 years in practice
Kimberly Sylla is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and life transitions.
License and registration
- LCSW, Pennsylvania
- CW021477 · expires February 2027
- LCSW, Utah
- 13603279-3501 · expires September 2026
- LCSW, Connecticut
- 16103 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1841531100 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Kimberly
Kimberly Sylla is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and life transitions. She brings a calm, warm presence and aims to build trust quickly so people feel heard and understood. Her style is straightforward and nonjudgmental, focused on practical steps that fit each person's life.
She has 25 years of experience and holds a Master of Social Work from Temple University. Kimberly also completed a Bachelor of Psychology at La Salle University and has a certification in advanced drug and alcohol counseling.
Background and approach
She has worked with a wide range of concerns, including trauma, bipolar disorder, ADHD, substance use, grief, and relationship strain. Her approach blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered methods. Sessions usually focus on identifying unhelpful patterns, naming strong emotions, and trying small, manageable changes between meetings.
She meets people where they are and adapts tools to their day-to-day realities. Kimberly values collaboration and respects each person's pace. She aims to strengthen emotional awareness and coping skills while supporting concrete goals like better sleep, calmer relationships, or reduced substance use.
Outside of work she enjoys reading, travel, culture, and time with her son. She practices in Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kimberly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kimberly names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and naming strong emotions and the patterns they create in relationships and daily life. Online sessions can help people notice emotional reactions and try new ways of responding in real time.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and choose actions that match their values. In remote sessions this often looks like short exercises, real-life homework, and checking in about what matters most between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether EFT, ACT, CBT, or other tools best fit the situation and adjust the plan as things change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short updates, coaching between sessions, or when someone prefers writing over talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Kimberly focus on?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, engaging, and nonjudgmental. She aims to build trust and work collaboratively on practical steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience as a therapist, including work with substance use, trauma, and a broad range of mental health concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with PA LCSW and CT LCSW credentials, practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
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 her?
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