About Kristina
Kristina Dugas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and concerns related to LGBT identity. She also supports parents who are feeling overwhelmed and people coping with social anxiety and phobia. She offers a calm, straightforward style aimed at practical change.
Kristina draws on seven years as a social work clinician in Pennsylvania. Her background includes work in residential living, schools from elementary to high school, and outpatient settings.
Background and approach
That range gives her experience with different ages and everyday situations. In sessions she focuses on goals the person brings. She uses short-term strategies and skill building so people can try new ways of coping between meetings.
She also includes mindfulness and motivational approaches to help with worry and stress. When parenting is part of the concern she uses techniques from the Triple P Parenting Program to provide clear, practical steps parents can try. For social anxiety and phobia she emphasizes small, doable exposures and rehearsal of new skills.
Kristina aims to collaborate with each person to find realistic solutions. She emphasizes strengths people already have and helps them expand what works. Her approach is practical, respectful, and geared toward small changes that add up over time.
Therapeutic techniques and online care that fit your life
Kristina uses well-established techniques in straightforward ways. Cognitive behavioral techniques help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test more balanced thinking; this can be useful for worry, social anxiety, and low mood. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to focus attention and reduce reactivity, which can lower daily stress and make emotions easier to manage. For social anxiety or phobia she may use exposure-based steps that encourage gradual facing of feared situations in manageable stages.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and current challenges. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan as needed so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat or text-based messaging make brief check-ins possible between sessions and can be useful for tracking progress or trying small exercises. These options make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
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Also works with
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Maine
- Languages
- English