About Kristine
Kristine Edstrom is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota who helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family concerns, anger, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and ADHD. She focuses on building a calm, nonjudgmental space where individuals can name what feels hard and start to make change.
She keeps sessions straightforward and person-centered. Conversations are guided by what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
People can expect a respectful atmosphere and practical steps they can try between meetings. Kristine blends client-centered listening with proven behavioral tools. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and DBT skills to manage intense emotions.
Mindfulness practices and trauma-focused strategies are used when helpful to address past hurts and present symptoms. Her work emphasizes collaboration. Clients set goals and Kristine helps break them into manageable actions.
She supports learning new skills for day-to-day life, like grounding, emotion regulation, and planning for structure. With nine years of experience, Kristine aims to make therapy practical and relatable. She encourages small steps that add up to meaningful change and checks progress together as work continues.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Kristine uses a mix of client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to shape online work. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and working from the client’s priorities, which helps people feel heard and decide what to focus on. Cognitive behavioral therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions so clients can try simple experiments to change patterns that cause distress.She also integrates dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotion regulation is a challenge. DBT offers concrete tools for managing intense feelings, improving distress tolerance, and building healthier interpersonal skills. These approaches are chosen to address symptoms like anxiety, mood instability, trauma responses, and difficulties with focus or impulse control, including ADHD-related struggles.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each client to match methods to goals, adjusting pace and techniques as needs and preferences become clearer. This means trying strategies, checking what helps, and shifting course when needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for in-depth discussion and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break and use less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, coping reminders, or practicing skills between meetings. These options aim to make it easier to attend sessions and to keep therapy consistent with daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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