About Kristen
Kristen Hale is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or trauma. She speaks plainly and focuses on building a trusting connection so clients can talk honestly and start making changes. Kristen centers sessions on real-life problems and practical steps.
She helps people notice repeating patterns and try different responses. That can mean learning new ways to calm strong emotions, changing unhelpful thoughts, or repairing communication with important people in their lives.
How Kristen works
Her background includes long experience with trauma, substance use concerns, mood disorders, panic, self-harm, and intimacy-related struggles. She also supports people facing parenting strain, adoption or foster care questions, attachment issues, and feelings of abandonment or shame. Kristen draws on approaches such as attachment-focused work, client-centered care, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior strategies, and EMDR.
These methods are used to reduce distress, manage mood shifts, and process difficult memories in a paced way. Sessions are straightforward and goal-focused. Kristen helps people choose skills and practices that fit their day-to-day life.
She works with each person to set clear steps and track progress over time.
Kristen lists 9 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Hawaii |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Attachment-Based Therapy helps explore how early relationships shape current patterns. It focuses on building safety in the therapeutic relationship and improving how people connect with others, which can relieve ongoing anxiety or trust issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down upsetting thoughts and habits into manageable parts and teaches specific skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood challenges. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is a method that supports processing distressing memories; it is typically done step by step to reduce the emotional charge of traumatic events.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then recommend one or a mix of methods. Together they adjust pacing and techniques so the work matches what the person needs and can manage.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief conversations into a busy day and to follow up between sessions. These options increase flexibility and make ongoing work easier to maintain.
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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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