About Kristin
Kristin Puleo is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York who helps people facing anxiety, stress, and major life changes. She writes in a direct, down-to-earth way and aims to make therapy feel manageable. Kristin speaks plainly and uses practical steps to help clients move forward.
Her approach begins by finding the sources of discomfort and the habits that keep them going. She works with clients to set clear goals, build plans, and practice new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Kristin often uses gentle humor to ease tension and make hard conversations feel less heavy. Over 14 years of practice, she has helped people with worry, depression, relationship trouble, grief, and trauma-related concerns. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, addiction, sleep and eating problems, and career stress.
Her focus includes attachment and intimacy issues as well as caregiving and first responder stress. Sessions combine straightforward talk with tools from several therapy styles so clients can try what fits best. Kristin emphasizes taking small, practical steps that lead to change.
She invites people who are ready to face triggers and try new perspectives to work with her. Kristin aims to create a clear path forward. She helps clients identify obstacles, practice new skills, and track progress toward calmer daily life.
Therapeutic Approaches and How They Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, avoidance, and making steady changes when emotions feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting and changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing racing thoughts.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kristin will review your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The process is collaborative and paced to what you can handle, with clear steps and practical exercises to try between sessions.
Online therapy offers options to fit different days and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill practice and deeper discussion. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera feels hard. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when a shorter touchpoint fits into a busy schedule. These formats make ongoing therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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