About Kriss
Dr. Kriss Wiant is a psychologist based in Ohio with thirty years of experience. He brings a practical, steady style to sessions and encourages honest conversation about what is and isn’t working.
He frames therapy as a shared effort and helps people set clear, achievable goals. He draws on a range of life and professional experience, including military service and time as a high school teacher. Those roles shaped his understanding of stress, first responder issues, and the ways life transitions can affect mood and behavior.
Background and approach
He has worked with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, and struggles with self-esteem. In sessions he focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing more helpful ways of looking at problems. He also works on practical skills for communication, anger management, and coping with difficult events.
His approach is adaptable - the methods used depend on the person and the challenge they bring. Dr. Wiant lists Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, hypnotherapy, and mindfulness therapy among his approaches.
He uses these to help with relationship concerns, parenting stress, ADHD-related struggles, and mood problems such as seasonal changes or persistent low mood. People who prefer clear explanations, gradual skill building, and a collaborative style often find his manner useful. He invites questions at any time and encourages clients to notice whether the working relationship feels right during the first few meetings.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening carefully to each person and responding to their needs without judgment. It helps people feel heard, sort out priorities, and build confidence to make changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thought habits and tests new ways of thinking and behaving. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and for learning practical coping skills that reduce distress.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and life demands to choose methods that fit. Over the first few meetings the plan can be adjusted based on what works best for the individual.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging can support ongoing reminders and quick reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities while keeping continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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