Kimberley VanHaitsma , LMSW

Kimberley VanHaitsma is a licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with a decade of clinical experience. She brings a broad background that spans geriatrics, crisis counseling, and supervisory work with limited license social workers as they progress toward full licensure. Her experience in crisis settings includes routine assessment for safety concerns, suicide risk evaluation, and the development of practical safety plans while coordinating emergency resources when needed.

Kimberley has addressed complex situations where substance use, domestic violence, or medication challenges contributed to acute risk, requiring clear-headed assessment and immediate intervention. In ongoing counseling, her focus often centers on boundary setting, compassion fatigue, and self-care, alongside common presentations such as anxiety and depression that can undermine work performance and interpersonal relationships. She prefers a holistic perspective that recognizes the two-way interaction between physical health and mental well-being, and she particularly empathizes with people managing chronic illness and the caregivers who support them.

Comfortable providing support by phone, text, or video because of her crisis helpline background, Kimberley is willing to engage directly with difficult topics and troubling thoughts. She approaches therapy as a collaborative process aimed at restoring purpose, strengthening coping, and improving quality of life for the individuals and families she serves.