Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
How Kriss works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kriss
Kriss Light is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage strong feelings and stressful life changes. She focuses on problems like anger, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and relationship strain. Kriss writes plainly and listens carefully to what matters most to each person.
Kriss brings 15 years of clinical experience in California to sessions. She uses approaches that help people understand patterns that repeat in relationships and in their own responses.
Background and approach
Work in therapy often involves noticing how past experiences shape current reactions and learning new ways to respond. Sessions are practical and rooted in everyday life. Kriss uses elements of attachment-focused work to look at how bonds and early relationships affect current difficulties.
She also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors in the moment. When trauma or painful memories are present, Kriss can include methods that help people process those memories and reduce their emotional intensity. She prioritizes pacing the work to match each person's tolerance and goals.
Outside the therapy room Kriss is curious about religion and Jungian ideas and brings creative interests into her work. Her style blends empathy, clear feedback, and concrete tools so people can try new responses between sessions. If someone wants to begin, Kriss asks a few questions first to match goals and plan the next steps.
What Kriss works with
Everything Kriss lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kriss's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kriss lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How attachment work and CBT translate online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. Online sessions can help people notice patterns, name feelings, and practice different ways of relating to others and to themselves. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In remote sessions clients learn practical skills to change thinking and try experiments between meetings to see what works. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their goals, history, and comfort level. That process may start with a few assessment conversations and then evolve as progress is made. Online formats offer practical benefits for people juggling busy lives. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues and do deeper conversation. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, written reflections, or support between longer appointments. These options make it easier to keep momentum, try new skills in real time, and adjust the pace of work to match a client's needs.Questions people ask about Kriss
What concerns does Kriss help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating concerns, parenting stress, career questions, and coping with life changes.
What is Kriss's general therapeutic style?
Her style mixes client-centered listening with approaches that look at attachment patterns and practical cognitive techniques to change thoughts and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kriss has 15 years of experience working with a range of emotional and relational issues in California.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and practices in California.
Which languages are offered and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Kriss offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.