Hope Blooms

My name is Garry & I have been a patient of 
Kimberly Fleischer
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
For approximately a month or so. I see her for a whole host of reasons starting at & ranging from excruciating back pain that has led to extreme depression & psychological distress. I also suffer from major PTSD for a variety of reasons and even some marital issues  she counsels me through even though my wife & I have been happily & faithfully married for over 31 yrs. These are just the tip of the iceberg as I know I am a mess of an individual at this point in my life. However, I am smart enough to know I need some help & when I started searching for that help I was TERRIFIED. Am I going to find the right person & if so, how many doctors am I going to have to go through to accomplish my goal. This brings me to my point of writing this review (& yes I’m very long winded as Doc can attest to;) but I’m hoping that I get my point across so that if I help even one person find Kimberly Fleischer MA LPC for therapy, then I know I will have helped someone at least by proxy). For all my faults, failures & issues, one thing I am not is a coward or a scared person. Very scarred maybe, but not scared of many things at all as I’ve been through a lot in my life. So again, looking to try & find the right person for my therapy was gut wrenching for me.  
  At our first meeting I knew God had blessed me & I need not look any further for a therapist. What an absolute relief it was to meet Kimberly as she is a gem. She is so courteous, caring, professional, empathetic, competent & compassionate. I mean the total package as a person & a therapist/counselor. I went home & told my wife I hit the jackpot. I just knew immediately during our first meeting. You should have seen the look of relief on my wife’s face. PRICELESS!! I know she wanted me to get the help I needed, to stop blaming myself & beating myself up over the pain I could no longer control. 
  The first few weeks I saw Doc once per week then at my request because I have been struggling so bad with back pain & after 38 yrs of coping & 3 surgeries I just found it getting worse by the day which compounded my depression & everything else so we upped it to a few times per week. Of course she has been  extremely accommodating and amazing. Obviously, I tend to talk a lot, go off on tangents, dominate & control conversations. All the while Doc listens intently, takes notes where she feels they need to be taken, interjects & interacts when needed. Let’s face it, that’s what we need in a therapist! Not an old time psychiatrist that asks, “Well, what do you think you should do?” Heck if knew that I wouldn’t need you. She has never once said that to me or in any way hinted that I have the answers & need to solve my own problems. Maybe I do have some of the answers but it’s nice to have the interaction, encouragement & validation that I sometimes need to reach those conclusions so I can move forward. 
  I have spoken to many friends on FB & in person that suffer from depression too & many even on the verge of suicide. I unfortunately lost my 28 yr old niece to suicide less than 2 yrs ago & God knows I fight the demons as well because my pain has got ahold of me & never leaves me. PLEASE don’t let it come to that. If you even think you might need help then you do. Ask for it! It’s Ok!  While I 100% recommend Kimberly Fleischer, just get somebody because Doc has reminded me that I am loved by my wife, my kids, & my grandkids & I am worth something & so are you. Look her up, call her, whatever but you won’t be sorry. 
  I’m going to close with this, if you need a therapist, counselor, or any of the many specialties that Kimberly Fleischer MA LPC, who I call Doc, is equipped to help you with, & you aren’t using her (either in-person or by internet video conference), then you are doing yourself a great disservice. She is one of a kind & I’d follow her to Africa if I had to. She has helped me so much already in such a short time & remember I’m an absolute mess.