About Kristina
Kristina Kerr uses a person-centered approach to guide therapy. She prioritizes unconditional positive regard and meets people where they are. Kristina aims to create a calm setting where someone can talk about stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, or grief without feeling judged.
Her practice blends client-centered work with structured methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. She also draws on existential ideas and mindfulness to help people make sense of change and find steadiness.
How Kristina works
Sessions focus on practical skills for managing symptoms and everyday struggles such as sleep, eating, and anger. Kristina has twenty years of experience in mental health care. Her work includes addressing trauma and substance use concerns alongside mood and anxiety issues.
She supports people facing relationship strains, intimacy-related questions, parenting stress, and career transitions. She helps people who are dealing with identity and LGBT-related concerns, family of origin issues, and complicated feelings like guilt, shame, or isolation. Kristina also works with people coping with fertility challenges, divorce and separation, or impulsive behaviors related to substance use or decision-making.
Therapy typically combines skill-building and conversational work. Sessions may include practical exercises for communication problems, relapse prevention for drug and alcohol addiction, or strategies for improving body image and self-esteem. The tone is collaborative and steady, focused on what the individual wants to change and how to get there.
Kristina lists 8 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How her approaches work in online therapy
Kristina commonly integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on acceptance and building trust so people feel heard and respected. Cognitive behavioral therapy uses clear steps to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when strong emotions or impulsivity get in the way of daily life. These approaches are described and chosen together so the person and therapist can try what fits best. Deciding which methods to use is a collaborative process based on goals and preferences, and adjustments are made as needs change.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for deeper conversations that benefit from face-to-face contact. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter updates, skill practice, or people who prefer typed communication. These options let people fit sessions into work, travel, or busy family routines while keeping continuity of care.
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