About Kristie
Kristie Cooley is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, relationship struggles, and depression. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her work is aimed at making daily life feel more manageable and reducing overwhelming emotions.
With four years of clinical experience as an LMHC, she listens for what matters most to each person. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, setting boundaries, and building healthier routines.
Background and approach
She also addresses attachment wounds, feelings of emptiness, and challenges like caregiver stress or chronic illness that make daily coping harder. Her style is compassionate and goal-oriented. She helps clients name patterns, try small changes, and track what helps.
Conversations are straightforward so parents and busy adults can fit therapy into packed schedules. Kristie also works with people facing divorce, blended family issues, and substance use concerns. She supports people dealing with guilt, shame, body image, and impulse control by helping them create practical plans and communication skills.
Clients can expect a mix of listening and action. Kristie aims to build stronger self-understanding and more reliable tools for handling tough moments. She helps people move from feeling stuck toward clearer choices and steadier days.
Practical therapeutic approaches and online options
Kristie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she relies on helps people identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, then test new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and depressive moods. This method is useful for daily stress, worry, and low mood because it targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Another approach she draws on centers on attachment and relationship patterns. It helps people notice how early experiences shape current reactions, so they can try different communication strategies and build more stable connections. That work is often helpful for relationship struggles, abandonment worries, and family transitions. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristie will work with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, tolerance for change, and life demands. She checks in and adjusts plans based on what is working and what feels realistic. Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to give flexibility. Video calls are useful for a full conversation and nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins or ongoing support easier to fit into a busy day. These options help people maintain continuity of care even with varied schedules.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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