About Kristine
Kristine Donaldson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with 14 years of professional experience. She has worked with people facing a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, bipolar concerns, and workplace stress.
Background and approach
Her practice also addresses related issues such as self-esteem, life changes, communication problems, obsessive-compulsive patterns, panic attacks, and financial or career-related difficulties. Kristine emphasizes building a therapeutic relationship grounded in trust and respect to create treatment plans tailored to each person’s needs.
She draws from evidence-based methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Mindfulness Therapy to guide her work. Her approach combines practical strategies with skills for emotional regulation and processing to help clients move toward their goals.
Clients seeking flexible session formats can connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Kristine offers care in English and is based in Illinois as an LCSW (IL LCSW 149.018622).
Integrating evidence-based approaches into online care
Kristine frequently draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can be especially useful for managing anxiety, depression, panic, and workplace stress. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to support processing of traumatic memories and intense emotional experiences, providing a structured way to reduce the hold of past events on present functioning. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is another approach she uses to explore emotional responses and improve how people relate to their own feelings, which can help with grief, relationship concerns, and self-esteem issues.Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to assess their needs, goals, and preferences and then adapt techniques from these methods so the work fits the individual. Adjustments are made over time based on progress and feedback to find the most effective combination of strategies.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which allows greater scheduling flexibility and access from different locations within Illinois. These formats make it possible to continue consistent therapeutic work while using approaches like CBT skills training, EMDR protocols adapted for remote delivery, and emotionally focused exploration in real time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English