About Kristi
Dr. Kristi Hottenstein brings two decades of counseling experience to her practice in Michigan. She holds a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration, a Master’s in Counseling, and is credentialed as an LPC and LPCC.
Kristi aims to meet people where they are and help them take clear next steps toward feeling better. Her background includes running a independent practice and serving on a professional counseling board. That experience shapes a practical approach to therapy and coaching.
How Kristi works
She focuses on understanding each person's life context before choosing strategies. In sessions she draws on several approaches, selecting tools that match the client’s needs. She encourages self-awareness, personal responsibility, and active problem solving.
Conversations are straightforward and geared toward useful change. Kristi works with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and stress related to work or caregiving. She also focuses on ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career transitions.
Her practice pays attention to both emotional patterns and daily habits that affect wellbeing. Beyond therapy, she offers coaching around major life decisions like college selection and career shifts. People can expect collaborative planning, concrete strategies, and follow-up between sessions when needed.
The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Kristi lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Kristi works with
The areas below are the ones Kristi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small actions toward those values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions where goals feel unclear. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping strategies. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a trusting relationship so clients feel understood and can explore choices at their own pace.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they’ll try methods and adjust them based on what feels most helpful in real life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face work for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can fit a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, caregiving schedule, or rural location.
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