About Kristin
Kristin Young is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She works with clients on LGBT and gender-related issues, sexual concerns including kink and BDSM, and challenges like isolation or body image. Kristin keeps language direct and simple so worried parents can quickly understand what to expect.
Kristin focuses on building a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through sensitive topics.
Background and approach
She emphasizes honest communication and respects each person's values and identity. Kristin believes clients are the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build from. Her approach mixes practical, evidence-informed methods with attention to emotional connection.
Kristin uses techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, while also working on patterns in relationships and attachment. She supports people exploring sexuality, gender dysphoria, and non-monogamous relationships with openness and curiosity. Kristin has seven years of professional experience and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW.
She practices in New Jersey and offers sessions that fit different needs and schedules. Kristin aims to help people find clearer direction, stronger connections, and more self-acceptance. Sessions typically focus on specific goals such as reducing anxiety, improving communication, or addressing sexual concerns.
Kristin helps clients set small, practical steps between sessions to test new ways of coping and relating. Her style is direct, compassionate, and collaborative.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Kristin often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values to move forward. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people build more supported ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Kristin discusses goals and preferences during early sessions and adjusts methods as needed. She aims to match strategies to each person's situation rather than using one fixed method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper emotional work and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Messaging and live chat let clients check in between sessions and keep momentum with brief updates or reflections. These options make ongoing care more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Depression
- Gender dysphoria
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English