About Kristilee
Kristilee (Kristi) Cappaert is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Independent Social Worker practicing in Iowa. She has five years of counseling experience and helps people who are coping with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship or family problems, addictions, and stress. Kristi also supports people facing parenting strain, intimacy concerns, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
She uses clear, straightforward approaches in sessions. Conversations focus on practical steps, changing unhelpful thoughts, and building skills for calmer days.
How Kristilee works
Sessions balance listening with concrete tools people can try between meetings. Kristi draws from client-centered work that emphasizes the person’s own goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to spot and shift negative thinking patterns.
Dialectical behavior techniques and mindfulness practices are offered to help with emotion regulation and staying present. Additionally, she applies motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies to set achievable goals and build momentum. Over time these methods can help with codependency, communication problems, and coping through major life changes like divorce or loss.
Kristi has experience addressing aging and caregiver stress, blended family issues, first responder concerns, and end-of-life counseling. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps people notice patterns, set small goals, and practice skills that fit their everyday lives.
To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions that suit their timing.
Kristilee lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Kristilee works with
The areas below are the ones Kristilee 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
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Kristi uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide sessions that feel practical and goal oriented. Client-centered work means conversations start with what the person wants to change, and the therapist listens closely to help clarify goals and options. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy techniques when emotions feel intense. DBT gives concrete skills for managing strong feelings, improving communication, and tolerating stress without reacting in ways people later regret. These approaches are useful for relationship problems, anger, coping with grief, and everyday stressors.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Kristi will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they try strategies and adjust the plan so it fits the person's life and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone can make sessions simpler when video would be difficult. Chat or messaging works for brief check-ins, written reflections, or when someone prefers typing over speaking. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily rhythms.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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