About Kristen
Kristen Wojtuniak is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience based in New York. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, ADHD, and stress from life changes. Kristen brings warmth, compassion, and gentle humor to sessions to help people feel heard and less alone.
She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts. That work focuses on reducing stress, shifting negative thinking, and building clearer ways to cope.
How Kristen works
Kristen encourages small, manageable steps that add up to measurable change. In sessions she pays attention to body image concerns, eating and food-related issues, and obsessive or compulsive behaviors. She also addresses communication problems, relationship-related concerns, grief, and intimacy-related issues.
Kristen supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, seasonal mood shifts, and social anxiety. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She guides clients to try new skills, notice how thoughts affect feelings, and practice self-compassion.
Kristen helps people name wants and needs, set boundaries, and reduce shame-driven habits. Practical routines and mindfulness exercises often appear in the work. Kristen values small changes like daily mantras, behavioral experiments, and brief check-ins that increase confidence.
She aims to leave people with tools they can use between sessions to feel steadier and more capable.
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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Kristen Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Kristen commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral approaches to help people spot patterns of negative thinking and replace them with more helpful, realistic thoughts. This method is effective for anxiety, depression, and stress by targeting the day-to-day thoughts that influence mood and behavior.She also incorporates mindfulness and self-compassion practices to help people sit with uncomfortable feelings and notice body sensations without reacting. These skills support coping with grief, chronic illness, and moments of intense overwhelm.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kristen will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels doable. She treats the process as collaborative and will adjust techniques based on what a client finds most helpful.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues and a fuller conversation help, while phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, brief skill practice, or people who prefer writing their thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and varied routines.
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