Individual Counseling with Kristi

Now offering therapeutic services in Texas and Massachusetts!

Individual Therapy

I’d be honored to walk beside you to make positive life changes. Together we can focus on any of the following area(s) to create growth:

• anxiety

• body image concerns

• depression

• chronic pain and/or autoimmune disorders

• communication and conflict resolution

• eating disorders/disordered eating

• emotional regulation issues

• family conflict

• grief and loss

• LGBTQIA+ support

• life transitions

• relationship issues (romantic, family, and friend)

• substance use

• self-exploration

• trauma and PTSD (see Accelerated Resolution Therapy ART below)

• work related stress
  

Teen Therapy

I was a high school student support counselor/therapist for 8 years and uniquely understand the challenges facing this population. and uniquely understand the challenges facing this population. Teens tend to appreciate my warmth, humor and attunement to their needs. In addition to the concerns named above I also specialize in topics related to teens:

• academic pressures

• adjustment to change

• bullying

• family communication (includes family therapy sessions when needed)

• self-esteem and self-worth issues

• self-injurious behaviors

• shame

• social anxiety and peer pressures

• time management

• transitions (middle to high school and high school to the next chapter)

Brief Therapy

(1-3 sessions)

Sometimes life throws isolated obstacles our way and we just need an unbiased person to help us process and navigate towards a decision. Brief Solution Focused Therapy is designed to specifically address these issues. Brief therapy usually ranges between 1-3 sessions.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)- see more

(1-5 sessions)

I am a Master Certified ART Therapist. ART works directly to reprogram the way in which distressing memories and images are stored in the brain so that they no longer trigger strong physical and emotional reactions. ART accomplishes this through the use of bilateral brain stimulation via rapid eye movements similar to eye movements that occur during dreaming. Although techniques similar to these are used in other types of therapies, ART’s very specific and directive approach can achieve rapid recovery from symptoms and reactions that may have been present for many years. ART combines long respected, sound treatment practices with safe and effective methods validated by current scientific research studies conducted by the University of South Florida. For more information about ART please visit AcceleratedResolutionTherapy.com or contact me with further questions.

​In ART, we say "keep the knowledge, lose the pain" because you will still know the facts of what happened to you, but the associated painful emotions will no longer be present.

Therapeutic Modalities

I work from an eclectic therapeutic lens taking each client’s individual needs into consideration. I am trained in the following and weave them into session as necessary.

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Attachment Based

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• Feminist

• Mindfulness

• Motivational Interviewing (MI)

• Narrative

• Psychodynamic

• Solution Focused

• Strengths Based