About Kristin
Kristin Agnew is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and family-related struggles. She focuses on building confidence and improving day-to-day coping when life feels overwhelming. Kristin encourages practical steps that make a difference in ordinary routines.
Kristin listens for each person’s strengths and goals before suggesting ways forward. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and works alongside them to set realistic, useful goals.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and aimed at small changes that add up. Her work covers concerns like abandonment, attachment issues, and communication problems. She also addresses control issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, mood shifts, and questions around sexuality.
Sessions are geared toward helping people regain stability and move through transitions. Kristin holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and has five years of professional experience in Illinois. That background informs practical strategies and steady support.
She meets people where they are and helps them try new ways of handling old patterns. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Kristin aims to make it easier. She helps clients break challenges into manageable parts and build on what already works.
The pace and focus come from the client’s needs and preferences.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Kristin draws on evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them against real situations to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method teaches simple steps to shift thinking and try new behaviors that improve daily functioning.Another approach focuses on attachment and relationship patterns. It looks at how past relationships shape current reactions and communication. Working on these patterns can help clients set clearer boundaries and respond differently to triggers that cause stress or conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kristin will listen to your goals and suggest methods that match your needs, then adapt the plan as you progress. That collaborative process helps ensure sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let you have face-to-face conversations when a longer session is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English