About Kristi
Kristi Clifton is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life easier. Her tone in session is respectful, calm, and compassionate.
She has five years of professional experience and works with concerns such as depression, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes. Family issues and women’s concerns are also part of her practice focus. Kristi adapts conversations and plans to fit each person's situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize clear goals and small, manageable changes. Kristi listens for what matters most and then helps build coping strategies people can use between meetings. She pays attention to how stress and anxiety show up in routines, thinking, and relationships.
People can expect collaborative planning in a straightforward style. Kristi will discuss options and adjust the approach as needs shift over time. She encourages taking steady steps and celebrates progress along the way.
Kristi is licensed in Minnesota as an LCSW and also holds an LICSW credential. She offers sessions in English and provides multiple online formats to fit varied schedules.
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Kristi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills. One common approach she uses helps identify stressful thoughts and everyday habits that keep anxiety or depression going, then teaches practical skills to shift those patterns. Another approach emphasizes short-term, goal-oriented work to handle life changes and grief by breaking problems into manageable steps and tracking progress.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Kristi will talk with each person about goals, experiences, and preferences and then recommend methods to try. She adjusts techniques over time so the work stays relevant and useful for each person's life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quicker check-ins, and text-based messaging can fit brief updates between scheduled meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and varying daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- North Dakota, Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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