About Kristen
Kristen Edwards offers support for stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, sleep problems, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She welcomes conversations about career stress, compassion fatigue, and identity-related concerns including LGBT matters. Kristen identifies practical goals and helps people find steps that fit their daily life.
Kristen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, or LCSW, practicing in Texas with 12 years of experience.
Background and approach
She has worked in inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient programs, community agencies, residential drug and alcohol centers, and independent practice. That background shapes a flexible approach to different needs and levels of distress. In sessions she takes a collaborative, client-centered stance.
She listens first to understand what matters most, then helps people set realistic goals. Kristen uses methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative work to help change thinking, reduce distress, and rebuild routines. She also addresses complex or overlapping issues like co-morbidity, personality concerns, domestic violence, substance use, and trauma history.
Kristen can talk through patterns that come from family of origin, fatherhood challenges, first responder stress, or experiences of shame and isolation. Kristen aims to make therapy practical. She helps people break big problems into small, doable steps.
The focus is on what can be tried between sessions and what helps in real life.
How Kristen’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and making space for the person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what is said, and helps identify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and introduces small experiments to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Kristen collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That may mean trying a few tools and adjusting based on what helps in real situations.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video calls are useful for longer conversations and exercises that use facial cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can work for check-ins. Live chat or text messaging can be helpful for brief updates, short coaching, or when a written format feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into workdays, parenting schedules, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English