About Kristen
Kristen Wilson combines a client-centered outlook with evidence-based interventions to support people navigating trauma, mood challenges, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who earned her master’s degree in social work 14 years ago and has built a career focused on treating depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, substance use concerns, grief, and post-traumatic stress. Her practice blends respectful, empathic listening with practical strategies to address symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Having worked extensively as a school social worker and later providing psychotherapy in Florida, Kristen brings wide-ranging experience across clinical settings. She has provided clinical supervision for licensure candidates in Florida and has worked with clients experiencing ADHD, relationship difficulties, eating concerns, anger, and problems with self-esteem and body image.
Kristen’s approach favors collaboration, tailoring interventions to each person’s needs while avoiding stigmatizing labels and emphasizing strengths and resilience.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Kristen integrates client-centered work with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based techniques to help clients move toward clearer goals and improved day-to-day coping. Client-centered therapy emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental relationship that supports exploration of personal values and strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and mood instability. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and stress-management skills that can reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.Determining the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss symptoms, goals, and personal preferences and then adapt methods from these models to create a plan that fits each person’s needs rather than applying a single technique rigidly.
Online care using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers practical flexibility for people managing busy schedules or geographic constraints. These formats make it easier to maintain regular appointments, try different communication styles, and integrate therapy into daily life while working with a licensed professional committed to accessible, goal-oriented treatment.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Florida
- Languages
- English