About Kristi
Kristi Skeem is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 15 years of counseling experience. She draws on academic training in counseling and organizational psychology and a long history of clinical work. Kristi frames sessions around practical steps people can use right away.
She aims to help people worried about anxiety, stress, addiction, depression, and major life transitions. Her background includes work in correctional settings, mental health programs, and substance use services.
Background and approach
She has supported people from many walks of life, including those in high-profile roles and people navigating parenting and caregiver stress. That variety shaped a direct, problem-focused way of working. In sessions she combines client-centered listening with structured tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing.
She helps people notice thought patterns, test them, and try new behaviors. She also brings existential questions into the work when people struggle with purpose, meaning, or big life choices. Kristi often uses short-term, solution-focused steps to break big problems into manageable actions.
She helps people rebuild after loss, handle relationship strain, and cope with career or role changes. Conversations are practical and aimed at usable change rather than long lectures. People who reach out can expect a collaborative process that balances empathy with concrete techniques.
Kristi works with clients in Idaho and accepts international clients for online sessions. She conducts appointments in English and offers several remote formats to fit different schedules.
How practical therapy and online sessions work together
Kristi uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s concerns and priorities, offering a listening stance that helps people feel heard and understood. This approach supports exploration of values and personal goals when someone is unsure what they want to change.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and patterns that keep problems going. Motivational interviewing is another tool she brings in when someone feels stuck or ambivalent about change; it helps build motivation in small, achievable steps.
Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps. Clients are involved in choosing strategies and measuring progress so the plan fits their life and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or travel. Phone sessions can be a good option when video would use too much bandwidth or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support quick reflections between meetings and ongoing coaching-style contact. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide flexible, practical care across time zones and locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
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