About Kristen
Kristen Corkum is an LPCC practicing in California who focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and depression. She brings thirteen years of clinical experience to conversations about what is happening now and what a person wants to change. Kristen aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can speak and be heard.
Her approach centers on building trust and connection. She uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to listen for how early relationships shape current reactions.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools help identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and solution-focused techniques give concrete strategies for managing intense emotions and finding small, practical steps forward. Kristen works with people who have experienced trauma and loss, and with those coping with chronic stress or mood challenges.
She emphasizes giving clients voice and choice in the work. Sessions focus on collaboration and clear, achievable goals. Her training included a master’s degree from the Boston University School of Medicine with attention to mental health counseling and behavioral medicine.
Kristen has years of experience in individual, group, and treatment settings supporting young adults and adolescents in earlier roles, and she draws on that background in her current practice. Clients can expect straightforward guidance, skills to practice outside sessions, and a steady focus on what helps in everyday life.
Kristen aims to support people as they explore options and build more effective ways to cope.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Kristen integrates Attachment-Based Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online practice. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections shape patterns in relationships and emotion, helping people spot how those patterns affect stress and anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more useful responses to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristen listens to each person’s history, goals, and preferences and then recommends strategies to try. Together they check what works and adjust the plan over time, combining skills practice with chance to talk through experiences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is preferred. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to have brief, frequent contact or to follow up between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, school, or family obligations.
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- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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