About Kristen
Kristen Wright is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) working in California with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping adults who face anxiety, depression, stress, relationship strain, trauma and self-esteem struggles. Her style is warm and direct, aiming to make therapy understandable and useful from the first session.
Kristen uses straightforward conversations to help people map what is happening in their lives. She pays attention to how past relationships and family patterns affect current choices.
How Kristen works
Sessions often include looking at thoughts and behaviors, then testing small changes to see what helps. She also supports people dealing with abandonment and attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems. Issues like control struggles, guilt and shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose are common topics she addresses.
Kristen does not complete disability paperwork. Therapy with her blends client-centered care with practical cognitive-behavioral techniques. That means listening carefully to each person while using clear tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Her goal is to help people build coping skills they can use between sessions. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each individual. She helps clients prioritize what matters most and finds steps that fit their daily life.
Sessions are offered through a mix of online formats to match different needs.
Kristen lists 2 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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Kristen's approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the client. It helps people feel understood and gain clarity about their goals through empathic conversation and joint decision making.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises and practical experiments to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful habits.
Choosing an approach is part of the work together. Kristen will talk through your needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend ways to proceed. That decision is collaborative and can shift as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility and easier access to consistent care. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a better fit when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide short, focused support between sessions or when scheduling a full session is difficult. These options help people keep therapy steady while fitting it around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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A practical next step
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