About Krista
Krista McClinton is a licensed professional counselor in Colorado with 23 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and mood concerns. Her approach centers on listening first and helping each person build on their strengths.
She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and supportive. Krista uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She draws on client-centered work to follow the person's priorities and CBT to spot unhelpful thinking patterns.
How Krista works
Mindfulness techniques are used to ease intense feelings, and solution-focused strategies help set small, realistic goals. Sessions often include problem-solving and hands-on tools clients can try between meetings. Krista pays attention to life transitions such as career changes, breakup or divorce, and issues tied to identity and relationships.
She also supports people dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and seasonal mood shifts. Over her career she has worked with a wide range of concerns including workplace stress, social anxiety, parenthood strains, and challenges faced by first responders. She keeps language simple and direct so conversations stay clear and useful.
The emphasis is on practical steps rather than jargon. Krista welcomes people who want a collaborative, strengths-based path. She encourages gradual change and focuses on skills that fit each person's life and schedule.
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What Krista works with
The areas below are the ones Krista selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
How Krista's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening to the person's priorities and building from their strengths. In practice this means sessions follow what the client brings and the therapist helps clarify goals and options. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches specific skills to shift them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and mood swings.Choosing the best approach is a team effort. Krista will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That might mean starting with practical CBT techniques, adding mindfulness practices for emotion regulation, or leaning on solution-focused steps to move forward quickly.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth permits, phone sessions can be easier when a camera is not wanted, live chat lets people check in without scheduling a full appointment, and messaging supports shorter updates or ongoing contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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