Works with
How Kristin works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kristin
Kristin Malaer is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with five years of post-licensure experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, and the strain that comes with major life changes. Kristin uses a straightforward, strengths-based approach that encourages active steps and practical coping skills.
She emphasizes working with what each person already knows about themselves. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. Kristin listens closely, reflects what she hears, and offers tools to handle intense emotions and recurring patterns.
Background and approach
Her background includes supporting people facing chronic illness and caregiver stress, which shaped a practical outlook on coping and self-care. That experience informs how she addresses compassion fatigue and burnout for people in demanding roles. Kristin draws on several well-known methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and attachment-informed ideas to reshape thinking and manage strong feelings.
She balances skill-building with emotional processing so clients get both relief and insight. In-session work can include learning breathing and grounding skills, practicing new ways to respond to conflict, and identifying unhelpful thoughts that fuel anger or anxiety. Kristin also helps people process loss and grief and develop routines that support longer-term wellbeing.
What Kristin works with
Everything Kristin lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kristin's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kristin lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Kristin uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, anger, and low mood because it gives clear steps to test and shift thinking.She also works from an attachment-based perspective that looks at how early relationships shape emotional responses today. That approach helps people understand patterns in relationships and feel more supported when dealing with conflict or loss.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kristin will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and recommend methods that fit those needs. She adapts tools from different approaches and checks in regularly to see what is helping.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for timely support, brief coaching, and ongoing skill reminders between appointments.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work on stress, grief, anger, and coping skills across the week.
Questions people ask about Kristin
What concerns does she help with?
Kristin helps people address stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, relationship and family problems, addictions, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She combines listening and reflection with concrete skills you can use between sessions.
What experience does she bring?
Kristin has five years as a licensed clinical social worker and prior experience working with people facing chronic illness and caregiver stress.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas.
Which languages are offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost 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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.