About Krista
Krista Spaeth greets people with a straightforward, respectful approach. She focuses on reducing stress and anxiety, boosting self-esteem, and helping with LGBTQ matters and relationship or family tensions. Her tone is compassionate and practical, aimed at someone who needs clear support right now.
Krista is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in Wisconsin with six years of professional experience. She adapts conversations and plans to each person's needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all method.
How Krista works
Sessions aim to be solution-focused and grounded in everyday life changes that feel achievable. She works with issues like communication problems, attachment and abandonment concerns, control and dependent personality struggles, and difficulties after divorce or separation. She also addresses family of origin wounds, forgiveness, gender dysphoria, and feelings of guilt, shame, or isolation.
Krista helps people explore life purpose and navigate midlife transitions as well as mood-related problems. In meetings she balances listening with practical suggestions. Clients can expect respectful, sensitive interactions that move at their pace.
The work often includes talking through patterns, learning new ways to communicate, and making small behavior changes that add up over time. Krista encourages people to take the first step even when it feels daunting. She collaborates on a plan tailored to each person's goals and adjusts it as progress is made.
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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Krista uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and understanding relationship patterns. One approach emphasizes identifying repeated interaction patterns and communication blocks, helping people learn clearer ways to express needs and set boundaries. This can be useful for relationship stress, family conflict, and communication problems.Another approach focuses on emotions and attachment issues, helping people recognize how past experiences shape present reactions. This work helps with abandonment concerns, dependent personality patterns, and feelings of isolation or shame by teaching ways to notice triggers and respond differently.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist partners with each person to figure out which strategies fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what isn’t, so clients help shape the process.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone works well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between appointments.
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