About Kristin
Kristin Petersen is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Minnesota who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and trauma-related difficulties. She draws on 13 years of clinical work with individuals navigating mood challenges, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, and workplace stress. Kristin uses plain, direct language in sessions and aims to make each conversation feel practical and focused.
Her style is interactive and reflective. She listens first, then helps people identify small, manageable changes they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Kristin blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered ideas and solution-focused planning to address symptoms and build coping skills. Kristin has experience across many related concerns, including ADHD, attachment issues, substance use, postpartum mood changes, and self-harm behaviors. She also supports people dealing with anger, codependency, career decisions, and relationship setbacks.
Her background includes both individual and group psychotherapy work over more than a decade. In sessions she and the client create a plan that targets current problems and practical steps forward. That plan may include skill practice, thought tracking, and short-term goals to reduce distress and increase day-to-day functioning.
Kristin emphasizes compassion and respect while holding clear expectations for progress. She offers therapy in English and provides multiple online session formats to fit different needs. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for the client.
How Kristin Uses Talk Therapy Online
Kristin commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Client-centered work focuses on listening, reflecting what matters to the person, and building goals that feel personally meaningful.She also uses motivational interviewing when people feel stuck about change. That approach helps clarify personal values and strengthens motivation for steps like reducing substance use or improving sleep. Together the therapist and client review which approach fits best and adjust plans as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter updates, coaching-style prompts, or when someone prefers typing to talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain consistency, and try different formats as circumstances change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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