About Kristin
Kristin Petersen is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Minnesota. She has offered individual and group psychotherapy for about 13 years and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and ADHD. Her sessions are interactive and reflective.
Kristin focuses on listening first, then working with each person to set clear, manageable goals. She aims to reduce distress and build everyday coping skills that feel useful. Kristin often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
She also uses solution-focused ideas to set practical steps and client-centered methods that follow each person's priorities. These approaches are mixed to match what a person needs most. Her background includes work with people who have experienced abuse and trauma and with those managing mood and substance concerns.
Kristin draws on nearly a decade and a half of practice to offer steady support and concrete strategies. In sessions she keeps language direct and the plan simple. People leave with actionable tools for sleep, stress, relationships, parenting challenges, work struggles, and day-to-day mood management.
Kristin invites people to begin with a short conversation to see if the fit feels right and to build a plan that matches their goals and life demands.
How Kristin’s approaches translate online
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's priorities first and focuses on listening and understanding. Online sessions let the therapist follow each person's lead and shape sessions around what they say matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice patterns of thinking and test small behavior changes. In remote sessions Kristin can teach simple CBT skills, use worksheets, and set brief practice tasks between meetings to address anxiety, sleep, and mood.
Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck about change by exploring their reasons and strengthening commitment. This approach can help when someone is weighing steps related to substance use, routines, or other changes.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Kristin collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and life demands. She adjusts plans over time based on what is working and what isn’t.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face connection when that feels helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during busy days. Live chat and text-based messaging support short check-ins, homework review, or moments when typing is preferred. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a workday, a parenting schedule, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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