Kristen Zavala
Compassionate, practical therapy for lasting change
LPCC, LPC New Mexico
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Kristen
Kristen Zavala is a licensed clinician based in New Mexico who blends practical strategies with empathic support to help people move through difficult emotional experiences.
Background and approach
With a decade of professional practice, she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and trauma-focused methods to address concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, and social isolation. Her work often emphasizes building self-love, strengthening coping skills, and restoring emotional resilience.
She maintains an affirming approach for LGBTQ+ clients and others facing shame, identity-related distress, or recovery from sexual assault and domestic violence. Additional areas of focus include panic disorder, mood disorders, addictions, fertility-related stress, and compassion fatigue.
Kristen seeks to collaborate with each person to develop realistic tools and gradual, sustainable change rather than promising quick fixes. Holding LPCC and LPC credentials (NM LPCC CCMH0198041, TX LPC 86823), she brings both clinical training and ten years of hands-on experience to her practice.
Prospective clients who value a warm, goal-oriented partnership will find her style grounded, pragmatic, and attuned to the complexities of healing and personal growth.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Support
Kristen commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical behavioral changes; this approach can be useful for worries, panic symptoms, and mood regulation. She also integrates Client-Centered Therapy principles, offering a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client’s perspective guides the pace and priorities of work. Together these methods support both short-term problem solving and deeper emotional processing.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Kristen treats selection as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to match techniques to their goals and preferences, adjusting methods over time based on what proves most helpful in sessions and daily life.
Online therapy with Kristen is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which allows for flexible scheduling and continuity of care from different locations within her practice region. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work on skills and coping between meetings.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
New Mexico, Texas
Languages
English