About Kristopher
Kristopher O'Brien is an AASW social worker who supports people struggling with stress and anxiety. He explains things plainly and aims to create a calm, honest space where parents and individuals can talk through immediate worries and practical next steps. Kris draws on five years of practice helping with low mood, motivation problems, career change and self-esteem.
He also has experience with post-disaster recovery and with people who have served in the armed forces.
Background and approach
His tone is down-to-earth and focused on useful, small changes rather than jargon. In sessions he uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioural approaches to help notice patterns of thinking and behaviour. He combines this with narrative and solution-focused techniques to help people tell their story differently and set clear, manageable goals.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want to find the drive to change habits or make decisions. Kris aims to work at each person’s pace and to keep therapy collaborative. He asks practical questions, suggests skills to try between sessions, and reviews progress together.
The focus is on building resilience and returning to everyday routines that feel steady and manageable. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging for convenience. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time, and booking begins by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a suitable time.
Practical approaches for online therapy and change
Kristopher commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to guide online work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing small behaviour changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Motivational Interviewing uses respectful conversation to help people find their own reasons and energy for change, which can be useful for motivation, habits and life transitions.He aims to match the approach to each person's needs rather than offer one fixed method. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and how you like to work, then agree together on which techniques to try. That collaborative process helps shape sessions so they feel relevant and achievable.
Online sessions come as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments. Video is often used for full sessions and skills practice, phone can be a quicker check-in, and messaging suits short updates or regular brief support. These options offer flexibility and help people keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
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- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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