About Kristina
Kristina Ellen helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, depression, LGBT concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting, self-esteem, career questions, and bipolar disorder. She also addresses abandonment, BDSM and kink-related topics, blended family problems, body image, caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, codependency, commitment and communication problems, control issues, disaster-related coping, divorce and domestic violence.
Kristina brings 19 years of counseling experience to her work and holds an LCMHC credential.
How Kristina works
Kristina practices in North Carolina and uses a holistic view that looks at both body and mind. She draws from several methods so she can match tools to a person’s needs. Sessions are conversational and grounded in real life rather than in jargon.
Her career includes work in telehealth, inpatient treatment centers, assertive community treatment teams, community health, and primary care medical offices. That range of settings informs how she supports people in different situations. She aims to see the whole person instead of focusing only on symptoms.
Kristina was nominated for North Carolina Counselor of the Year in 2016 and 2017, and was named one of Brunswick County’s Top 10 Young Professionals in 2016. Those recognitions reflect a long commitment to her field and to serving people across care settings. In sessions she does not impose strict time limits and treats therapy as a personal journey.
Her style is relaxed and collaborative, and she works with each person to set goals and select practical strategies that fit their life.
Kristina lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Kristina works with
The areas below are the ones Kristina 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
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- 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
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches That Guide Online Sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s perspective. The therapist follows the person’s lead, offers empathy, and helps people find their own solutions; this approach is useful for stress, self-esteem, and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It is practical and problem-focused, often used for anxiety, depression, and mood management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It can help with emotion regulation, relationship strain, and patterns like codependency. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend methods or a mix of approaches that fit. That plan can change over time as goals shift. Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for in-depth sessions that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text allow brief updates, written reflections, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.Start online instead of waiting
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