Kristi Strickland

Compassionate, skill-focused therapy for life challenges

LCSW, CSW Indiana

Experience: 3 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Parenting, Self esteem
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Kristi

Kristi Strickland is a licensed clinical social worker who centers her practice on cognitive behavioral therapy while drawing on acceptance and commitment, client-centered, dialectical behavior, and Jungian approaches as needed.

Background and approach

With three years of clinical experience and credentials listed as LCSW and CSW, she supports clients navigating stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addictions, and family or relationship concerns. Her style emphasizes practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking patterns, improve emotional regulation, and build coping strategies that fit everyday life.

Kristi works with people facing a wide range of concerns including parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses additional focus areas such as autism and Asperger syndrome, avoidance-related personality features, communication problems, caregiver stress, and mood disorders like postpartum depression and seasonal affective disorder.

Based in Indiana, she offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match clients' preferences and schedules. Her approach blends evidence-informed techniques and collaborative goal-setting, aiming to help clients build skills for resilience, greater self-understanding, and improved day-to-day functioning.

Kristi can coordinate care with other professionals when appropriate to support a more integrated treatment plan.

Bringing evidence-informed approaches to online care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to improve everyday functioning. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages mindfulness and values-based action, helping people relate differently to difficult thoughts and emotions while moving toward meaningful life goals. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, empathetic therapeutic relationship that fosters self-exploration and personal growth.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Kristi works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Treatment plans can combine techniques from different approaches so that sessions remain responsive and practical, with an emphasis on developing skills the client can use between meetings.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling, access from different locations, and continuity of care when life circumstances make in-person visits difficult. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide consistent therapeutic support while adapting session length and communication style to match each client's comfort and daily routine.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns can Kristi help with?

She addresses a broad set of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addictions, parenting difficulties, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related concerns, anger, and coping with life changes.

What therapeutic approaches does she use in sessions?

Her work is informed by cognitive behavioral therapy and she also draws from acceptance and commitment therapy, client-centered therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and Jungian therapy to tailor care to client needs.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Kristi has three years of clinical experience working with individuals across a range of presenting concerns and developmental levels.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She holds LCSW and CSW credentials with IN LCSW 34007362A and CO LCSW CSW.09931873, and practices from Indiana.

Does she provide services in languages other than English or to international clients?

Sessions are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Kristi offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and lifestyles.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Kristi?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to her availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyParenting issuesSelf esteem Depression ADHD

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse GriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Autism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disorders Obsessions, compulsions, and OCDPostpartum depressionSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

3+ years

Licensed

Indiana, Colorado

Languages

English