About Kristi
Kristi Whitford is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with twenty years of experience helping people through crisis and major life changes. She aims to create a warm, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can talk through stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and issues around intimacy and relationships. Her style centers on listening and adapting to each person's needs.
She uses client-centered methods and incorporates techniques that encourage acceptance, values-based action, and practical problem solving.
How Kristi works
Sessions are shaped around what a person finds most helpful in the moment. Many people come for help with parenting strain, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, or chronic illness and pain. She also supports those facing addictions, codependency, communication problems, and the fallout of separation or divorce.
Kristi blends motivational interviewing and solution-focused work to set concrete goals and build small, manageable steps. She helps people identify what matters to them and take actions that match those values. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Kristi practices in Florida and brings two decades of direct experience to each session. She approaches each conversation with patience and practical guidance, helping people find clearer options when life feels overwhelming.
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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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace 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 | Florida |
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Online support options
Online approaches that match your needs
Kristi uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that line up with their values. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, grief, and long-term stress.She also practices Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and reflecting what matters to the person. That method helps people feel heard and supported while they sort out relationship or identity concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She collaborates with clients to pick methods that fit their goals and comfort level, adjusting techniques as therapy progresses. The plan is a team effort based on needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or medical schedules.
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