About Kristi
Kristi Kangas helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, or struggles with attention. She focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. Kristi brings calm, patience, and a direct style that aims to reduce distress and improve coping.
Kristi is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW with 20 years of experience. She has practiced in Nevada and California and has worked with adults facing depression, stress, ADHD, and self-esteem concerns.
How Kristi works
Her work also addresses chronic pain and the emotional impact of aging or illness. In sessions she listens for what matters most to each person. Then she helps set clear, achievable goals and practices simple strategies between visits.
She pays attention to how sleep, habits, and daily routines affect mood and concentration. Kristi also helps people sort through guilt, shame, and forgiveness, and with overwhelming feelings like panic or intrusive thoughts. She offers straightforward tools for handling impulses, phobias, and obsessive thinking while supporting efforts to reconnect with life purpose and reduce isolation.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Kristi explains options and adapts to what the individual needs. Over time she focuses on building skills people can use long after sessions end.
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
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Nevada |
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Online support options
Evidence-based techniques and online care
Kristi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. One approach emphasizes structured problemsolving and skill practice to reduce anxiety and improve mood; it teaches clear steps to manage worry and daily stressors and is useful for panic, phobias, and generalized anxiety. Another approach targets sleep and daily routines by adjusting habits and introducing simple behavioral changes to improve rest and daytime focus; this can help with insomnia, low energy, and attention difficulties. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristi will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit their life, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and therapist work together to choose techniques and track progress over time. Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls are good when visual connection helps the work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, ongoing skill practice, or shorter sessions that fit between obligations. Together these options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and work on change from wherever someone is located.Start online instead of waiting
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