About Kristi
Kristi Kangas, LCSW, helps people manage anxiety, phobias, sleep problems, and low self-esteem. She works with adults facing stress, depression, ADHD challenges, and life transitions. Her tone is calm and practical, aimed at people looking for steady support.
She draws on 20 years of practice as a licensed clinical social worker. Sessions focus on understandable strategies and small changes that add up. She listens for what matters most to each person and builds steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses mood disorders, panic and obsessive worries, and the special demands of chronic pain and illness. She also supports clients dealing with isolation, control issues, and questions about life purpose and midlife change. Phobias are part of the concerns she helps people face.
Kristi emphasizes teamwork in therapy. She helps people learn new ways to cope, reduce avoidance, and improve sleep and daily routines. Communication skills and managing impulsivity are common goals in her sessions.
Practically, Kristi offers a mix of talking, skill practice, and real-world experiments between sessions. Her aim is to make therapy feel useful from the start and to help people regain confidence in handling stress and emotional setbacks.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Kristi draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach teaches step-by-step coping skills for anxiety and panic; it helps people reduce avoidance and build confidence in facing feared situations. Another approach targets mood and daily routine by developing sleep habits, activity scheduling, and problem-solving to lift low mood and improve energy.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, symptoms, and what has worked or not before. Together they try methods that match needs and adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, brief skill practice, and support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep steady progress.
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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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