About Kristina
Kristina Mattingly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, and life changes. Her manner is relaxed, supportive, and non-judgmental to make it easier to start talking.
She focuses on what matters to each person. Clients set priorities and she adapts sessions to those goals. That can mean short-term problem solving or deeper work on trauma, relationships, or parenting worries.
Background and approach
In sessions she blends practical strategies with skills practice. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and mindfulness are used to manage intense emotions and regain calm.
She also uses solution-focused techniques to build on what already works in a person’s life. For people who have trauma, EMDR is listed among her approaches as an option to consider alongside other techniques. The plan for therapy is shaped together, step by step.
Kristina works from Indiana and offers care in English. She aims to create a steady, respectful space where people can make measurable changes over time. If someone is ready to begin, she guides them through next steps and scheduling.
How Kristina Uses Practical Therapies Online
Kristina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in online work. CBT helps identify unhelpful thoughts and tests new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. DBT teaches clear skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and improving communication.She also integrates mindfulness in sessions to build attention and calm, and EMDR is listed as an approach that can be used for trauma work when appropriate. Each method targets specific needs - CBT for thinking patterns, DBT for emotion skills, and EMDR for processing traumatic memories - so choices depend on the goal.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client discuss symptoms, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit. Plans are adjusted as progress is made and new concerns come up.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skills coaching. Phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs. Live chat and messaging work for quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or when typing feels easier. These options give more flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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