About Kristen
Kristen Gaughan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 23 years of clinical experience in behavioral health. She holds a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from York College of Pennsylvania. Kristen has worked in many treatment settings and with a wide range of concerns, including stress and anxiety, addiction, trauma, and mood difficulties.
Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. She aims to create a space where people can talk through what’s happening and learn practical ways to cope.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to center on the client’s goals and what’s most urgent for them right now. Kristen uses a mix of methods to match each person’s needs. Client-Centered Therapy helps shape sessions around the person’s perspective.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports people working through intense emotions in relationships. Motivational Interviewing can help clarify goals and strengthen commitment to change. Many clients come for help with anxiety, stress, substance and process addictions, grief, family-of-origin issues, and caregiver strain.
Kristen also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment, codependency, and first responder stress. She pays attention to co-occurring concerns like bipolar disorder and ADHD when they affect daily life. She offers sessions in English from Pennsylvania and accepts international clients.
Online formats include video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the Start Therapy process.
How Kristen’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own perspective and priorities, shaping sessions around what the client brings and what they want to change. This method is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions because it keeps the work practical and personally relevant.Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and work through strong emotions, especially in close relationships or during times of loss. It can help when anxiety or attachment concerns make emotions feel overwhelming.
The therapist will work collaboratively to find the best-fit approach. That means listening to the client’s goals, trying methods that match those goals, and adjusting as progress is made. Clients and the therapist decide together what feels most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone is helpful when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera, live chat and text messaging can work well for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity of care across locations.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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