About Kirsten
Kirsten Dagrosa helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or depression. She supports those struggling with relationship strain, low self-esteem, grief, trauma and abuse, and the burnout that can come from caregiving or demanding jobs. She also addresses career worries, coping with big life changes, and issues tied to identity and belonging.
Kirsten approaches sessions with straightforward listening and practical steps. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help clients name their patterns, try new ways of relating, and practice small changes that add up.
How Kirsten works
She blends clinical experience with an openness to clients' values and beliefs. Clients can expect focused conversations that balance empathy with gentle challenge. Kirsten aims to help people clarify goals, set realistic steps, and build more self-compassion.
She pays attention to attachment, codependency, communication, and control issues that show up in relationships. She has five years of clinical experience as a licensed clinical social worker. Her LCSW credential is held in New York.
Kirsten works in English and offers several online session formats to fit different schedules. Her work also includes addressing multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, social anxiety, and post-traumatic stress. She supports people dealing with isolation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and the search for life purpose.
Kirsten aims to be a steady partner in practical change and personal growth.
What Kirsten works with
The areas below are the ones Kirsten selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Many clients benefit from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on patterns and change. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and depression. This method is practical and works well for worry, low mood, and social anxiety.Another useful approach looks at how relationships and early bonds shape current behavior. It helps people understand attachment patterns, improve communication, and respond to codependency or control issues with more awareness. This approach can be helpful for relationship stress, healing after trauma, and building self-compassion.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kirsten collaborates with each person to figure out which techniques match their goals, values, and daily life. She adapts plans over time based on what helps most, and she treats therapy as a team effort between client and therapist.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can be good for shorter check-ins or ongoing support. These options help people keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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