About Kristin
Kristin Puleo is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York who helps people feeling stuck or overwhelmed by daily life. She speaks plainly and uses a warm, direct approach to help clients sort out goals and take practical steps forward. She listens for what is getting in the way of feeling steady.
That can mean high anxiety, racing thoughts, trouble finishing tasks, or difficulty moving on from past hurt.
Background and approach
Kristin also supports people navigating relationship strain, grief, changes at work, struggles with self-esteem, and concerns related to ADHD. Her style is conversational and down-to-earth. She uses evidence-informed methods to map problems, notice patterns, and practice new habits.
Humor is used where it helps to ease tension and keep work from feeling heavy. Kristin helps people identify the root of their discomfort, then build small, achievable plans. Sessions focus on clear tools you can try between meetings, plus check-ins to see what changes and what needs adjusting.
With 14 years of clinical experience Kristin draws on several therapy approaches to match each person’s needs. She aims to create a reliable process for people ready to explore triggers, try new perspectives, and work toward more steady functioning. She welcomes conversations about practical next steps.
Approach-driven care delivered online
Kristin draws from approaches that focus on values, behavior, and attachment. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take action toward what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches practical skills to shift those patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people develop different ways of relating and feeling safer in connections.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Kristin will collaborate with each person to identify what fits their goals and preferences, then try methods that feel helpful. The plan can change over time based on what is working and what needs more focus.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls for full conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or camera time is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging for quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options make it easier to keep momentum, fit sessions into a busy day, and practice skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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