About Kirsten
Kirsten Probst-Santha is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people dealing with anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and major life changes. She writes plainly and listens closely to each person’s concerns. Her approach is collaborative and aimed at steady, manageable progress.
Kirsten uses practical tools to help people build emotional regulation and coping skills. Sessions focus on small steps that fit into daily life. She pays attention to cultural background and personal history when shaping each plan.
Background and approach
Her work draws on client-centered care and structured techniques to address difficult emotions. That mix helps when someone feels overwhelmed by grief, trauma, or shifting family roles. She also supports people facing depression, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and caregiver stress.
Kirsten has four years of practice and holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is based in North Carolina and offers sessions in English. International clients may be seen depending on scheduling and format.
In therapy she prioritizes clear goals and realistic strategies. People can expect collaborative planning, practice of skills between sessions, and regular check-ins on progress. The tone is direct but warm, focused on making change feel doable.
Starting therapy with Kirsten involves a short matching process and then scheduling a session format that fits each person’s needs. She works with video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible support.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s experience. The therapist offers empathy and supports clients in setting their own goals, which helps when someone needs validation and a clearer sense of direction.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses straightforward exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is useful for worries, anxiety, and stress because it gives concrete tools to try between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for emotional regulation and managing intense feelings. It can help people who struggle with overwhelming emotions or relationship conflict by offering step-by-step coping strategies.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and day-to-day limits and then recommend a mix of methods. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into a busy life. Video is helpful for deeper conversations, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can support quick check-ins or shorter progress notes. These options make it easier to keep continuity with sessions, practice skills between appointments, and schedule meetings around work or caregiving duties.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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