About Kristy
Kristy Hamilton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. She offers a calm, down-to-earth presence and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Kristy listens first to understand what is most worrying and then works alongside each person to set realistic goals.
She draws on ten years of clinical experience that includes medical and hospice social work, program work in dual-diagnosis settings, and behavioral health in clinic environments.
Background and approach
That background means she has seen a wide range of challenges, including mood concerns, addictions, trauma, and stress related to caregiving and aging. Kristy’s style is collaborative and interactive. Sessions tend to focus on present problems while also looking at how past experiences influence current patterns.
She uses straightforward techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to build better ways of coping. Common issues addressed include anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, ADHD, parenting strain, and work-related stress. She also supports people facing life transitions, grief, chronic illness, and complicated family dynamics.
Kristy offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules. Her approach is warm, respectful, and practical, aimed at helping people take the next steps toward feeling more in control.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Kristy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT often involves setting small, doable tasks between sessions to test new ways of responding to stress or anxiety.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships affect current connection and trust. That work helps people notice patterns in relationships and practice different ways of asking for needs to be met.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristy will work with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, adjusting techniques if something does not feel helpful. The focus is on practical progress that fits the individual's life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversational work, while phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not desired. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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