About Kristin
Dr. Kristin Tugman is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience in Georgia. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, address addictions, and build self-esteem.
She also supports clients facing career challenges, grief, and the emotional strain of major life changes. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with attention to motivation and real-world steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Dr. Tugman offers a calm, encouraging presence while helping people sort through what feels overwhelming. She uses plain language and clear options so clients can decide what feels right.
People leave sessions with concrete ideas to try between appointments. Across two decades of practice she has seen a wide range of concerns, including depression, anger, eating issues, and compassion fatigue. That variety informs a flexible approach that adapts to each person's needs.
She also supports LGBT individuals and those coping with family-related stress. Therapy with her can include short-term coaching around goals as well as longer work on deeper patterns. The focus is on practical change, steady progress, and keeping therapy relevant to daily life.
How evidence-based techniques translate online
Dr. Tugman uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-life experiments, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach centers on building motivation and small steps for behavior change, useful for addictions, career goals, and improving daily routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying an approach, checking how it feels, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or easier when movement is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick skill refreshers, or when scheduling a live session is difficult. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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