About Kristen
Dr. Kristen Dreyfus helps people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) working in North Carolina with 17 years of clinical experience.
Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at giving clear steps people can try between sessions. She focuses on relationships and life changes, and on the everyday problems that make them harder. That includes stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, intimacy concerns, and burnout from caregiving or work.
How Kristen works
She also addresses issues tied to attachment, abandonment, and communication problems. Kristen uses approaches that help people name difficult emotions and try new ways of interacting. She draws on attachment-based work and emotionally-focused ideas to improve closeness.
She also uses mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to build coping skills and practical plans. Sessions are meant to be collaborative. She listens for patterns that keep people stuck, then suggests experiments to test new responses.
Progress often comes from small changes practiced over time, not from big insights alone. Her background includes many years supporting people with trauma and chronic health concerns as well as those exploring identity and career direction. English-language sessions are offered through online formats including video, phone, chat, and text messaging for flexible scheduling.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session based on therapist availability. The therapy subscription can be canceled at any time.
Kristen lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Kristen works with
The areas below are the ones Kristen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How attachment work and mindfulness translate online
Attachment-based work helps people notice patterns in close relationships and try different ways of connecting. In sessions this looks like naming moments where someone feels pushed away or overwhelmed and practicing new responses to build more reliable closeness.Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on the feelings under conflict and uses small, guided conversations to change how partners or individuals relate. It helps when emotional distance, fear of rejection, or repeated arguments keep coming up. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve regulation, which can ease anxiety, sleeping problems, and stress-related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what actually helps the person in day-to-day life.
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 conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when sitting on camera feels hard. Messaging and live chat are helpful for brief check-ins, follow-up notes, or practicing skills between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, family, and health demands while keeping focus on progress and practical steps.
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