About Kristin
Kristin Pacello is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Virginia with ten years of professional experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or life transitions. She also supports individuals navigating relationship strain, parenting concerns, addiction, and ADHD-related challenges.
Kristin centers work on the client’s strengths and goals. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them find practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear, doable strategies and honest conversation rather than jargon. Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens for patterns that get in the way and partners with clients to try new ways of coping.
For someone facing trauma, mood swings, or chronic stress, she offers steady guidance and problem-solving tools. Kristin has experience addressing a wide range of concerns including compassion fatigue, caregiving stress, chronic illness, attachment and adoption issues, and challenges tied to LGBT identity. She also supports people dealing with anger, self-esteem, career decisions, and major life changes.
People who choose Kristin can expect a practical, respectful style. She helps clients set realistic goals and track progress. The work is aimed at improving day-to-day functioning, reducing distress, and strengthening skills for managing future challenges.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Kristin uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help people cope and make changes. One approach focuses on building practical coping skills for anxiety and stress reduction - it involves identifying triggers, practicing short exercises, and applying strategies day to day. Another approach targets mood and behavior patterns by helping clients notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes to improve mood and functioning. These methods are useful for depression, bipolar-related mood shifts, and for managing ADHD symptoms in everyday routines.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Kristin works with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and life demands, then adapts techniques to fit what will actually work. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan when needed so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when longer work is needed. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter updates, notes between sessions, and flexible support that fits into busy days. These options make it easier to get care around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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