How Kristina works
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Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kristina
Kristina Hoeksema, LMSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, and grief take practical steps toward feeling better. She listens for strengths in each person’s story and helps clients use those strengths to manage difficult emotions and life changes. Kristina keeps language plain and sessions focused on useful skills and real goals.
With five years of experience in Michigan, she draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address trauma, depression, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Sessions often include learning ways to cope with triggers, build self-esteem, and handle impulsive reactions. She also supports people affected by adoption or foster care, caregiving stress, illness, end-of-life concerns, and family of origin issues. Kristina emphasizes shared decision making.
She works alongside clients to set practical goals, try new strategies, and adjust plans when needed. Expect clear explanations, step-by-step skill building, and regular check-ins about progress. Her approach aims to make therapy doable in everyday life.
That can mean short check-ins, skills practice between sessions, and focusing on what helps most right now. Kristina encourages small changes that add up to better functioning over time. People reach out to address relationship or intimacy concerns, parenting stress, communication problems, or feelings of guilt and shame.
The work often blends coping tools with emotional processing to reduce distress and improve daily routines.
What Kristina works with
Everything Kristina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kristina's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that guide online work and practical benefits
Kristina uses evidence-based techniques that teach concrete skills and help people manage strong emotions. One common approach focuses on learning coping strategies to lower immediate stress and reduce angry or impulsive reactions. This involves practicing breathing, grounding, and behavior changes that can be used when tension rises.Another approach centers on processing trauma and loss in small, steady steps. It helps people name painful memories, reduce their hold over daily life, and build a sense of safety and stability. This work often pairs emotion processing with practical routines to support recovery.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Kristina will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans together over time. The choice of techniques is based on the client’s concerns, what feels workable, and progress seen in sessions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to keep therapy part of a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when a full session is needed. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging work for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or when writing feels easier than talking. These formats make it possible to continue steady work without long commutes.
Questions people ask about Kristina
What concerns does Kristina commonly help with?
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma and grief. Other areas include self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue.
What is her approach to therapy?
The approach centers on evidence-based techniques and practical skills. Sessions focus on learning coping strategies, managing triggers, and setting achievable goals.
How much experience does she have?
Kristina has five years of professional experience working with people on a range of concerns. Her work has included helping clients through trauma, grief, and caregiving stress.
Where is Kristina licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in Michigan as an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker. Her listed location is in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. She also accepts international clients for online work.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people choose what fits their schedule and communication style.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After matching, schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.