About Kristine
Kristine Bartos is a licensed clinical social worker who brings a practical, goal-focused approach to therapy. She emphasizes helping people understand how their thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Kristine uses concrete skills and steady encouragement to help clients handle stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes.
She blends cognitive behavioral methods with mindfulness practices to teach tools that work now. Kristine also draws on attachment-focused and psychodynamic ideas when past patterns are getting in the way of current goals.
Background and approach
That mix lets her address immediate symptoms while looking at longer-standing influences on behavior. Sessions tend to be structured and skill oriented, with room for warmth and support. Clients can expect clear steps to try between meetings and practical ways to notice unhelpful habits.
Kristine aims to make coping strategies usable in daily life, not just theory discussed in session. Her background includes a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University and three years working directly in clinical settings. She has experience responding to crisis, supporting people with substance concerns, and helping those facing serious medical or life stressors.
Kristine works in Florida and offers therapy in English. She focuses on adults who need help with relationships, parenting stress, career concerns, compassion fatigue, intimacy-related issues, trauma, and recovery from addictive behaviors. She invites people to explore practical change and steady progress together.
How Kristine’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Kristine commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based practices to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. CBT focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact, and it offers step-by-step techniques to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful coping. Mindfulness practice helps people learn to observe thoughts and sensations without reacting, which can ease stress and improve attention.She also draws on attachment-based ideas when early relationship patterns affect current connections. That approach looks at how past bonds shape how someone relates to others now and can help with intimacy and relationship concerns. Choosing the right mix of methods is a collaborative process; the therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try strategies that fit their daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow therapy to fit into busy schedules. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills that involve demonstration. Phone sessions are good when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work for brief processing, real-time support between sessions, and flexible check-ins. These options make it easier to keep consistent work toward goals without major travel or time loss.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English