About Kristin
Kristin Hassell helps people who feel stuck by focusing on what matters to them now. She speaks plainly about stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and the everyday struggles that make life heavier. Kristin is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor with nine years of experience.
Her approach is practical and straightforward. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral work to spot patterns that keep problems going. Mindfulness techniques help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept up in them.
How Kristin works
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy offers ways to act toward values even when emotions are hard. Kristin also draws on client-centered ideas, which means she pays attention to each person’s priorities and pace. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit when someone is weighing change or recovery.
Together these approaches create short exercises, skill practice, and real-life steps to try between sessions. She has worked with people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting worries, career decisions, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and issues around identity and self-worth. Kristin acknowledges how life events like disasters or military experience can shape coping and choices.
Sessions aim to be calm and collaborative. Kristin helps people set clear goals, try small experiments, and build routines that fit daily life. She supports those who want to recover from substance problems, manage mood swings such as bipolar concerns, or develop stronger self-love and boundaries.
People meet Kristin by scheduling online or phone sessions. She offers several ways to connect so therapy can fit into a busy schedule and changing needs.
Kristin lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Kristin works with
The areas below are the ones Kristin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then take actions that match their values. It is useful for persistent anxiety, life transitions, and building direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors with concrete steps and practice, which can help with depression, anxiety, and habit change. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's priorities and pace, offering a respectful, listening-based space to sort through problems and make choices.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what does not, so clients have a clear role in shaping therapy.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule regular check-ins, fit sessions into a busy day, or use shorter written check-ins when that feels more manageable. Therapists who offer online care can guide skill practice between sessions and use screen time, audio, or messaging to support progress in flexible ways.
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