About Kristilee
Kristilee (Kristi) Cappaert is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting challenges. She also supports people facing addictions, self-esteem struggles, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Kristi works with adults on practical steps to feel steadier and more in control.
She speaks English and practises in Iowa. Kristi uses plain, goal-focused methods in sessions. She listens first, then helps clients set small, doable steps.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve talking through patterns, trying new ways of responding, and practicing skills between meetings. She draws on methods that match each person’s needs. With five years of clinical experience, Kristi has worked in Illinois and Iowa settings.
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and a Licensed Independent Social Worker - LISW. Her licenses are IL LCSW 149.021037 and IA LISW 008203. She blends approaches to suit the situation rather than relying on one fixed style.
Common issues she addresses include blended family challenges, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and first responder stress. She also helps people navigate forgiveness, guilt and shame, and coping after disasters. In sessions Kristi aims to create a calm, practical space.
She partners with clients to notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and measure progress. The work is collaborative and focused on what feels useful in everyday life.
How therapy approaches translate online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a trusting partnership. Online sessions use this approach to prioritize what matters most to the client and set goals together.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to change them. In remote sessions people can learn tools for managing anxiety, depression, and stress and practice them between meetings.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. It can help with strong emotions, relationship conflicts, and impulse control through structured skill practice during sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kristi will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. That may mean trying a technique for a few weeks and adjusting based on what helps.
Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around a busy schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey
- Languages
- English