Kristina MacDonald

Kristina MacDonald is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected. She focuses on practical steps that reduce stress and rebuild a sense of balance. Her tone is direct and compassionate, aimed at people who need clear tools and steady support.

Kristina works with adults, teens, and couples on concerns like anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship conflict, and major life transitions. She listens for patterns that keep a problem repeating and helps people change unhelpful habits. Sessions tend to focus on what matters most to the client and on small, achievable changes.

Her background includes work in rehabilitation counseling and experience across many issues, including grief, addictions, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing identity and LGBT-related concerns, chronic illness, and family of origin issues. That experience informs a practical approach to everyday problems.

Clinically, she uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing. These methods are used to build skills for managing thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Kristina adapts tools to each person rather than applying one fixed method.

She provides culturally responsive care for multicultural couples, addressing cultural differences, communication styles, acculturation, and identity in a collaborative way. If you want to explore whether her approach fits your situation, use the Start Therapy flow to match and schedule a session.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify thinking patterns that drive distress and practice new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and the therapist's nonjudgmental presence to help clients feel heard and clarify their goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel most useful based on goals, preferences, and the issues at hand. That process may include trying a technique for a few sessions and adjusting the plan as needed.

Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce the need to travel. These practical benefits help people maintain consistent care while working on relationships, stress, or life transitions.