About Kristen
Kristen Sims is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of clinical experience. She works in Florida and helps people who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, addiction, and relationship concerns. Kristen aims to make the first step feel less overwhelming for people who are unsure how to begin.
She focuses on building straightforward goals with each person. Sessions emphasize clear communication, practical strategies, and pacing that fits the client's life.
Background and approach
Kristen uses an approach that considers emotional needs alongside everyday routines and responsibilities. Her background includes long-term work supporting people through grief, mood changes, panic, and challenges with impulsivity or compulsive behaviors. She also helps clients who are dealing with attachment wounds, control issues, shame, or loneliness.
This experience informs how she responds when people feel stuck or overwhelmed. Kristen aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk honestly about what matters most to them. She collaborates on plans that address parenting stress, intimacy-related problems, caregiving strain, and life transitions.
Conversations move at a practical pace and focus on steps that can be tried between sessions. Over time she helps clients notice patterns that get in the way and practice small changes that add up. Kristen invites people to explore healthier ways of relating to themselves and others while keeping daily demands in mind.
Practical therapy approaches and flexible online care
Kristen uses evidence-based approaches that focus on real-life change. One approach concentrates on identifying unhelpful patterns and teaching concrete coping skills to reduce anxiety, manage impulsivity, and improve daily functioning. This method is useful for people dealing with panic, ADHD-related challenges, and mood swings.Another approach emphasizes working through difficult memories and reactions tied to trauma and loss. It helps people reduce intense emotional reactions and regain control over how they respond to triggers. This can be helpful for those facing post-traumatic stress, grief, or long-standing attachment wounds.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Kristen will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and life demands. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust plans based on what helps most over time.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls let conversations feel more like in-person visits while keeping travel time down. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide quick access between sessions for brief updates or coping reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and keep work on healing consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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