About Kristy
Kristy Gehling is a licensed social worker in Kansas who helps people who are coping with stress and anxiety. She brings a practical, down-to-earth approach and focuses on everyday steps people can use to feel more in control. Kristy emphasizes a person's strengths and helps them use those strengths to face current challenges.
She listens first and asks about what matters most to each person. From there she offers tools drawn from cognitive and behavioral approaches and goal-focused techniques.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and aim to build skills for handling anger, boosting self-esteem, and managing motivation. Kristy also supports people working through parenting concerns, relationship and family problems, grief, trauma and mood difficulties. She addresses specific concerns like body image, adoption and foster care issues, and financial stress by helping clients set small, usable goals.
Her approach breaks larger problems into manageable steps. With six years of experience as a Kansas LSCSW - licensed specialist clinical social worker - she frames progress as a process rather than a single event. Kristy encourages clients to try different strategies and notice what helps.
Her style is collaborative and practical. She helps people build routines, practice skills between sessions, and track what improves over time. The focus is on what people want to change and how to get there one step at a time.
Approaches that fit online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without letting them dictate action. It often focuses on values and small steps toward a more meaningful life, which can help with anxiety and stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for mood, worry, and anger. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to boost motivation and resolve mixed feelings about change, which can support work on habits, parenting goals, or substance-related concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to a person's goals and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. That plan can change over time based on what actually helps, so clients play an active role in deciding what to try next.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in quickly, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep consistent appointments and practice skills where life happens.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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