About Kristen
Kristen Perez is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety. Her tone is respectful and compassionate, and she aims to make the first step feel manageable for anyone who is ready to try talking things through.
Kristen helps people facing relationship strain, challenges with eating and motivation, low self-esteem, and symptoms of depression.
Background and approach
She also guides those dealing with communication problems, guilt and shame, loneliness, and social anxiety. Sessions are shaped around each person's concerns and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. In session she listens for what matters most and then works with clients to build simple, doable steps.
This can mean practicing new ways to talk about hard things, shifting unhelpful habits, or trying small behavioral changes that improve daily life. Kristen keeps language plain and focuses on what will make a real difference week to week. Her approach balances practical suggestions and emotional support.
She helps people notice patterns that maintain stress or low mood and then tests realistic alternatives together. Kristen emphasizes respect and sensitivity and adapts the pace to match each person’s comfort level. If someone is nervous about beginning therapy she aims to make that first session feel less intimidating.
The work is collaborative and paced to the individual, with attention to immediate concerns as well as longer-term wellbeing.
Evidence-based techniques and online care that fit your life
Kristen uses approaches that focus on clear, practical skills people can use right away. One approach helps people learn how thoughts and behaviors interact so they can test different ways of responding to stress and anxiety. This often includes tracking unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavior changes to see what helps.Another common focus is on building better communication and relationship habits. That work involves practicing new ways to express needs, set boundaries, and repair misunderstandings so daily interactions feel less draining. These methods are useful for social anxiety and for reducing isolation.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Kristen will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing contact between sessions and quick, low-friction support during busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into real life and try different formats to see what works best.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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