About Kristine
Kristine Sass is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and depression. She frames therapy as a practical partnership and centers the individual's lived experience in each session. Her tone is supportive and straightforward for people who may feel overwhelmed by change.
She draws on three years of clinical experience working with common life transitions and difficult emotions. Sessions are paced to the client's needs and start with concrete goals.
Background and approach
Kristine emphasizes small, workable steps that can reduce distress between meetings. Her work often addresses caregiver stress and communication problems. She also supports people navigating effects of trauma, pregnancy and childbirth challenges, and concerns specific to women.
Conversations focus on coping skills, improving daily routines, and clearer communication with others. Kristine helps clients identify their strengths and build on them. She encourages practical strategies - short exercises or changes people can try right away.
Progress is tracked in simple ways so clients can see what helps. Therapy with Kristine is collaborative. She listens, offers tools, and adjusts plans to fit each person's situation.
Her approach is meant to feel manageable for someone juggling family, work, or other obligations.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Kristine draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and behavior change. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and depressive thinking. Another approach focuses on establishing routines and manageable coping tools to lessen stress and improve day-to-day functioning. These approaches are aimed at concrete problems like sleep disruption, worry, or feeling overwhelmed rather than abstract theory.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will listen to current concerns, try methods that fit the client's goals, and adjust plans based on what helps. Clients are encouraged to give feedback about what feels useful so sessions stay focused and effective.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, while phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coping suggestions, or keeping momentum between longer meetings. These options make it simpler to get ongoing support without long commutes or rigid scheduling.
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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