About Kristen
Kristen Wells is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of practice. She helps people manage stress and anxiety and supports those facing addiction, depression, trauma, and major life changes. Kristen speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She draws on years of experience treating mood disorders, postpartum depression, ADHD, and substance use concerns. Her background includes work as a social worker and many years providing therapy to adults.
Background and approach
That range helps her tailor care to each person’s situation. Sessions often focus on building coping skills, improving communication, and addressing patterns like co-dependency, control issues, and attachment wounds. Kristen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and motivational interviewing when working on substance use.
She also offers relapse prevention and anger management strategies. Clients commonly bring worries about grief, parenting strain, career stress, relationship conflict, or questions about sexual identity. Kristen supports people through divorce, custody concerns, caregiver stress, and life-purpose questions.
She also helps people manage guilt, shame, and self-esteem struggles. Her approach is straightforward and goal-oriented while remaining empathetic. Kristen likes working with people who are ready to make changes and try new strategies.
She combines practical skills with thoughtful conversations to help clients move forward.
Approaches that help with anxiety and life changes
Kristen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach is motivational interviewing, which helps people clarify goals and find motivation to change behaviors like substance use. It works through guided conversation and small, achievable steps to build momentum.She also uses skill-building methods to teach coping strategies for anxiety, anger, and mood symptoms. These techniques break problems into manageable parts, teach breathing and grounding skills, and encourage new habits for handling stress and strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Kristen works collaboratively with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time based on what helps most and what a person can realistically practice between sessions.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls let conversations feel close to an in-person visit, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can be used for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection and brief support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other daily routines while still getting structured help.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts, Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
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