About Kristy
Kristy Gehling helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or motivation problems. She works with clients facing parenting strain, anger, mood challenges, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Kristy is a Kansas-licensed social worker with six years of clinical experience and uses practical methods to move forward.
Her approach starts with listening. She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to change. Sessions focus on small, doable steps that fit daily life rather than lengthy theory lectures.
How Kristy works
Clients set goals and Kristy helps them test what works in real situations. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and build new habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also part of her toolkit for learning to live by chosen values while tolerating hard feelings.
Motivational Interviewing helps when motivation feels stuck, and solution-focused ideas speed work toward specific goals. Kristy keeps language plain and sessions practical. She offers tools for coping with grief, trauma-related stress, eating concerns, bipolar mood patterns, attention challenges, and other mood disorders.
She also addresses issues tied to adoption, blended family dynamics, caregiver strain, and life transitions. Therapy with her emphasizes collaboration and steady progress. People leave sessions with clear next steps to try between meetings.
The focus is on usable change that fits the client’s life and priorities.
Kristy lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Kristy works with
The areas below are the ones Kristy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LSCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
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Online support options
How Kristy Uses Practical Therapies Online
Kristy commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when difficult feelings are present. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms.She approaches treatment as a team process. The therapist and client decide together which methods to try based on the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process can include mixing ACT, CBT, or brief motivational techniques until the right fit is found.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to check in between appointments or have brief, focused conversations when a full session is not needed. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent amid busy schedules.
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