About Kristi
Kristi Kangas is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, sleep problems, low self-esteem, or depression. She works with adults who want practical support for everyday struggles and clearer ways to manage strong emotions. Kristi practices in Nevada and offers sessions in English.
Her style is calm and direct. Sessions focus on noticing what’s happening now, learning simple skills to cope, and testing small changes between visits.
Background and approach
She helps people make sense of persistent worry, short nights, impulsive habits, and problems that get in the way of daily life. Kristi draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address panic, phobias, obsessive thoughts, and mood disorders. She also supports people coping with chronic pain, aging concerns, isolation, and challenges around meaning and life purpose.
Communication difficulties, control issues, and feelings of guilt or shame are common topics she addresses. Care in Kristi’s practice is collaborative. She works with each person to set goals and pick approaches that fit their situation and pace.
Progress is tracked in straightforward ways so people can see what helps. Kristi offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and cost varies by location and therapist availability.
Evidence-based approaches and online care options
Kristi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and symptom relief. One common approach she employs involves skill building for managing anxiety and panic - teaching breathing and grounding strategies, testing fearful beliefs, and practicing manageable exposures to reduce avoidance. This helps with panic attacks, phobias, and persistent worry.Another emphasis is mood and behavior work that targets low mood and sleep problems. That involves identifying routines and activities that boost energy, adjusting daily habits that disrupt sleep, and breaking patterns that keep depression in place. These steps aim to make day-to-day life feel more manageable.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristi will work with each person to figure out which techniques match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made. The focus is on practical tools and measurable steps, not on one fixed method.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill coaching, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter check-ins during a busy day. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California, Nevada
- Languages
- English
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