Kristine Gustafson

Kristine Gustafson, LPC, offers straightforward counseling that mixes practical tools with compassionate listening. She brings 14 years of experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and life changes. Her approach aims to help people feel steadier and more able to cope day to day.

She uses a mix of methods that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and client-centered care. In sessions she helps people identify what matters to them, notice unhelpful thoughts, and try new ways of responding. Conversations are meant to be collaborative and goal-focused rather than overly clinical.

Kristine also works with issues that often overlap with mental health, such as compassion fatigue, caregiving strain, chronic illness, grief, and career stress. She helps people facing identity and relationship concerns, including LGBT issues, body image, and attachment struggles. Practical skills for sleep, eating, and managing urges are common parts of her work.

Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She aims to create a space where people can talk about fear, anger, or loss without being rushed. She will help set small, achievable steps and adjust the plan as needs change.

Kristine is based in Missouri and holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential. She is accustomed to supporting people through difficult transitions and helps them build clearer routines, stronger boundaries, and better coping strategies.

How Kristine’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small steps toward them, even when uncomfortable feelings show up. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress. That approach often helps with anxiety, sleep, and mood problems.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions will adjust as progress is made, combining techniques from ACT, CBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing when helpful.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and make it possible to keep regular sessions while managing caregiving, work, or health demands. Licensed professionals can help tailor session length and focus so therapy fits practical constraints and everyday life.