About Kristin
Kristin "Krissy" Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice in Alabama. She offers steady, practical help for people coping with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and ADHD. Krissy aims to meet each person where they are and build from there.
She has provided both individual and group therapy across the lifespan, including work with children through older adults. Her background includes addressing stress, career concerns, sleep problems, substance use, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
She also helps people navigating life changes and compassion fatigue. Krissy uses straightforward tools drawn from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions focus on setting clear goals, testing small changes, and practicing ways to manage thoughts and behaviors that get in the way.
She adapts the pace to match each person's needs rather than following a fixed plan. In the room she emphasizes listening first, then suggesting concrete strategies. People can expect short-term skill building alongside space to talk through deeper concerns.
She encourages experimenting with new habits between sessions. Kristy welcomes questions about how therapy might fit into a busy life. She works in English and sees clients by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
The first step is a brief matching questionnaire to align scheduling and preferences.
How client-centered work and CBT translate online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding each person's goals, and shaping sessions around what matters most. It helps people feel heard and identifies practical next steps for everyday problems. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing ADHD-related challenges.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust over time. That collaborative stance means sessions can shift from skill-building to deeper conversation as needs change.
Online therapy by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video lets people work face-to-face when interaction matters. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing support between full sessions. These options add flexibility for scheduling, pacing, and how someone prefers to engage with a therapist.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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