About Kristen
Kristen Wojtuniak is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing anxiety, depression, ADHD, and major life changes. Kristen aims to make therapy approachable and human, using warmth and a touch of humor to help people feel seen.
She works with adults and adolescents who struggle with low self-esteem, communication problems, obsessive thoughts and compulsions, body image concerns, eating-related issues, and chronic illness.
Background and approach
Kristen emphasizes small, realistic steps that add up to meaningful change. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented while remaining compassionate. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, as Kristen describes it, helps people notice and change negative thought patterns.
She uses it to reduce stress, improve mood, and build coping skills. She also encourages mindfulness practices and self-compassion exercises to help clients tolerate uncomfortable feelings and bodily sensations. Kristen helps clients identify core beliefs that influence mood and behavior.
She works on boundary-setting skills, asserting needs, and recognizing how shame or guilt can shape choices. Practical homework and repetition are part of her approach so new habits can stick. She is mindful of everyday pressures, including caregiver stress, isolation, chronic pain, and seasonal mood changes.
Kristen offers flexible scheduling aimed at people who need sessions during lunch breaks or while at home. Sessions are available in English and she accepts international clients.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Kristen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more useful responses. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related stress, and intrusive or compulsive thoughts.She also incorporates mindfulness and self-compassion practices to help clients tolerate uncomfortable feelings and physical sensations. These techniques support people learning to sit with uncertainty and reduce reactivity in stressful moments.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristen works with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and preferences. She adjusts methods over time based on what is working and what feels sustainable for the client.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and feedback, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can support brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make scheduling easier for people who need midday sessions, work from home, or travel internationally.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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