About Kristina
Kristina Hoeksema is a licensed social worker in Michigan with five years of professional experience. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. She listens for each person’s goals and works with them to build confidence and motivation for change.
Her approach centers on recognizing a person’s strengths and using them to move through hard times. Sessions are collaborative and straightforward.
How Kristina works
Kristina emphasizes coping skills for grief, trauma, anger, and intimacy-related concerns so people can manage difficult moments more easily. She also helps with parenting challenges, caregiver stress, and issues that come from adoption or foster care experiences. Kristina offers support for people facing cancer, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and aging or geriatric concerns.
Communication problems, family of origin questions, and separation or divorce are other areas she addresses. People looking to rebuild self-esteem or work through guilt, shame, emptiness, or forgiveness can expect direct but compassionate conversation. Kristina pays attention to dissociation, impulsivity, and compassion fatigue when those arise in sessions.
Her style is practical and steady - focused on what can change now. Kristina works with clients in English and accepts international clients. She practices in Michigan as an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker, and structures care to fit each person’s situation and goals.
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.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online care
Kristina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize skills and real-life practice. One common approach focuses on building coping skills for anxiety, stress, and grief - teaching clear strategies people can use when emotions feel overwhelming. Another approach centers on processing trauma and difficult experiences in a paced way so memories and reactions feel less disruptive day to day.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit your situation. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted as progress is made or as new issues come up.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging provide handy ways to keep momentum between longer sessions and to check in when schedules are tight.
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