About Kristen
Kristen Rawls is a licensed social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and depression. He brings seven years of experience working with individuals who are struggling with life changes, relationship difficulties, and substance concerns. Kristen aims to make first steps feel doable and grounded in practical talk.
He uses therapy to help people name what feels heavy and try doable strategies. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
Background and approach
Kristen listens closely and adjusts the plan to fit each person's needs. Much of his work includes tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness to reduce overwhelming thoughts and improve everyday routines. He also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice values and take small actions that matter to them.
Kristen has helped people with parenting stress, caregiver strain, sleep problems, and challenges tied to trauma or grief. He also supports those facing issues like ADHD, addictions, and intimacy-related struggles by focusing on clear steps and coping skills. People can expect a respectful and direct style.
Kristen emphasizes sensitivity and compassion while keeping conversations practical. He encourages clients to experiment with small changes between sessions and to track what helps. Background and approach: Kristen is a KS LSCSW, which stands for Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker.
He tailors treatment plans to each person's situation and uses a mix of client-centered listening and skill-based techniques. His goal is to help clients feel more steady, more capable, and more in control of daily challenges.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Kristen commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Finding the right approach is part of the process. He works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions often start with small experiments and adjustments so the plan evolves with what actually helps. Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and use visual tools during a session. Phone work can be quieter and easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skills practice, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and try approaches that translate into daily life.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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