About Kristin
Kristin Young is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She works with clients navigating LGBT questions, sexual health, and issues like sexual dysfunction, kink and BDSM, and polyamory. Kristin speaks plainly and focuses on what matters to each person.
Kristin uses a mix of practical approaches to help people feel steadier and more connected. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
She also uses emotionally focused and attachment-based ideas to improve communication and deepen relationships. Sessions are collaborative. Kristin treats people as the experts on their own story and helps them build on existing strengths.
She emphasizes clear, honest conversation about sexuality and intimacy without judgment. Her style is warm and straightforward. Kristin aims to make next steps feel doable instead of overwhelming.
She encourages small changes that add up to real improvements in daily life. Kristin holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and has seven years of experience in practice. She sees clients in New Jersey and conducts sessions in English.
The focus is on practical tools and honest discussion to help people move toward their goals.
How Kristin's Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them control actions. It teaches values-based choices so people can act toward what matters, even when anxiety or shame shows up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers concrete tools to change patterns that maintain anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristin will work with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She may mix elements from different approaches so the plan matches what the person hopes to change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people connect face to face for deeper conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is an issue, and text or chat can be useful for short check-ins or keeping momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Depression
- Gender dysphoria
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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