About Kirsten
Kirsten Munson is a licensed clinical professional counselor with more than three decades of experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Her style is warm and respectful, and she adapts conversation and care to each person she sees.
Kirsten uses straightforward, practical methods. She helps people build coping skills for life changes and chronic health concerns. She also supports those facing trauma, abuse, and issues related to gender and sexual identity.
How Kirsten works
Sessions aim to help people feel more steady and more able to handle daily demands. In sessions she combines several approaches to match a person's needs. That can include acceptance-based work, talking through emotions, and learning new ways of thinking and responding to stress.
She also uses skills to regulate intense emotions and improve relationships when that is helpful. Kirsten brings 33 years of clinical experience in Illinois to her work. She pays attention to each person's story and adjusts the pace to what they need.
She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every conversation. People who reach out can expect practical tools as well as time to process feelings. The goal is steady progress - not quick fixes.
Kirsten encourages small steps and focuses on skills that fit into everyday life.
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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.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 33 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and values. It helps people accept difficult feelings while taking action toward what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, centers on understanding emotions in relationships and building stronger emotional connection and communication.Choosing the best approach is something the therapist and client decide together. Kirsten will talk about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up day to day. That collaborative process helps shape which tools and exercises are used in sessions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face while keeping travel time low. Phone sessions and live chat can be easier when audio or bandwidth is limited. Text-based messaging supports quick check-ins and brief skill practice between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep consistent progress.
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