About Kirsten
Kirsten Peebles is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing anxiety and stress. She speaks plainly and uses a direct style, helping clients set clear goals and work toward them in practical steps. Her approach aims to break problems into manageable parts so change feels possible.
With ten years of experience, Kirsten draws from cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and solution-focused work. She combines these with mindfulness and motivational interviewing as needed.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills you can use between appointments to reduce worry, handle strong emotions, and make steady progress. Kirsten has worked with people dealing with depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and substance use concerns. She also supports those coping with life changes, relationship strain, career stress, and issues tied to identity such as LGBT concerns.
Additional focus areas include mood disorders and post-traumatic stress. Kirsten maintains her Washington LMHC credential and practices with attention to practical outcomes. She aims to help clients create a clear plan and measure small wins along the way.
The tone in sessions is straightforward and collaborative. People seeking help will find sessions that emphasize skill building, honest feedback, and goal-focused work. Kirsten invites clients to name the changes they want and then works with them to reach those goals.
Background and approach: Kirsten blends structured methods like CBT with DBT skills and brief solution-focused techniques. She uses mindfulness to help people notice their thoughts and feelings without becoming overwhelmed. Motivational interviewing is used when change feels stalled, helping people find personal reasons to move forward.
Her work is practical, step-by-step, and guided by the goals each person sets.
Approaches that guide online sessions
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps break unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical skills for reducing anxiety and improving mood. DBT, or dialectical behavior therapy, emphasizes emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills to manage strong reactions and reduce impulsive behaviors. Solution-focused therapy centers on small, achievable steps and builds on what is already working in a person's life to move toward clear goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust strategies over time. This is a joint process where the client’s preferences and daily life shape which techniques are used.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick updates, brief problem-solving, or ongoing support between longer appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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