About Kristi
Kristi Kangas is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, sleep troubles, low self-esteem, and ADHD. She uses straightforward language and practical steps so worried parents can quickly see how therapy might help their adult child or themselves. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through everyday struggles and long-standing worries.
Sessions focus on building coping skills, improving sleep routines, reducing anxious thoughts, and increasing self-confidence.
Background and approach
Kristi aims to make small changes that add up to real relief in daily life. Her work includes attention to mood disorders, panic attacks, obsessive thoughts and compulsions, and the frustration that comes with chronic pain or illness. She also helps people who feel isolated, who wrestle with control issues, or who are reassessing life purpose during midlife transitions.
Kristi draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to create clear, step-by-step plans tailored to each person. She emphasizes practical strategies you can use between sessions, along with gentle exploration of underlying feelings when useful. Kristi holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and is licensed in California and Nevada.
She offers sessions in English and provides both short check-ins and deeper work, depending on what a client needs. To begin, she asks prospective clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule a session.
How evidence-based approaches fit into online care
Kristi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and problem-solving. One common approach emphasizes behavioral strategies to improve sleep, reduce anxious reactions, and manage impulsivity; it helps people build routines and change unhelpful habits. Another approach concentrates on mood and thought patterns, helping clients identify upsetting thoughts and try more balanced ways of thinking to reduce depression and anxiety.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Kristi works with each person to match techniques to their goals, symptoms, and daily life. She adjusts methods over time based on what is and isn't helping so the plan stays useful and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face when screen time works best. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, homework help, or ongoing encouragement between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California, Nevada
- Languages
- English
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