Kimberly Merolla-Brito, LICSW

Kimberly Merolla-Brito is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and is certified in Clinical Trauma Treatment, offering a compassionate, client-focused practice based in Rhode Island. With 15 years of experience delivering clinical services across varied settings, she supports people working through depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, addiction concerns, trauma, grief, and a range of life transitions. Her background includes a consulting partnership in Rhode Island, and she brings trauma-informed training to her clinical work.

Her style is warm, interactive, and humanistic, emphasizing respect, sensitivity, and nonstigmatizing care. She integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques with client-centered and mindfulness-informed methods to tailor treatment to each person - helping clients build coping skills, process difficult experiences, and set achievable goals. As a LICSW, she is a social work professional licensed to provide independent clinical assessment and therapy.

Kimberly prioritizes a collaborative relationship in which clients remain in the driver seat of change. She works with people to define therapy goals, respects their time, and uses sessions efficiently. Some clients find her to be a mindful listener who is approachable and genuine. She offers flexible scheduling and multiple communication options to fit different needs and preferences, welcoming those ready to take steps toward change and recovery.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Kimberly draws on client-centered therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client's perspective guides the work. This humanistic approach focuses on building trust and helping individuals clarify values and goals, making it useful for relationship issues, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which helps clients identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and develop practical strategies to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT is goal-oriented and skill-based, often pairing insight with actionable steps.

Mindfulness-informed techniques are woven into her practice to help clients develop present-moment awareness and self-regulation skills, which can support coping with trauma, chronic stress, and emotional dysregulation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kimberly works with each person to evaluate their needs, preferences, and goals and then tailors methods accordingly so that therapy feels like a shared project rather than a one-size-fits-all program.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video or phone, as well as live chat and text-based messaging, allow clients to access licensed professionals from different locations and fit care into busy schedules. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while accommodating work, family, and mobility needs.