How Kristina works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kristina
Kristina Marquez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in Illinois. She brings five years of clinical experience and a history of earlier professional roles to her current work. She aims to meet people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Kristina frames therapy as a collaborative effort where the client sets goals and she helps guide progress. She focuses on common and painful concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, and anger.
Background and approach
She also helps with addictions, trauma and abuse, and issues around self-esteem and motivation. Kristina supports people navigating life changes, career questions, grief, and questions about intimacy or relationships. Her additional focus includes adoption and foster care topics, caregiver strain, communication and family problems, and young adult issues.
She also addresses sexual assault and abuse and compassion fatigue for people in helping roles. Kristina brings these interests together to shape practical conversations and goals with each person. In sessions she tailors the dialogue and plan to each person’s needs.
That may include short-term skills work for immediate coping or longer conversations about life purpose and meaning. She frames the work around realistic steps clients can try between meetings. Kristina encourages people who want more fulfilling and happier lives to take the first step.
She presents therapy as support and coaching so clients feel empowered to move forward at their own pace.
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
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Young adult issues
Approaches and how online sessions can help
Kristina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and recovery. One common approach is structured skills work that teaches coping strategies for stress, anxiety, and anger. These sessions typically offer short, teachable tools you can use between meetings to manage strong emotions. A second approach centers on trauma-informed support, which helps people process past harms at a pace that feels manageable while building safety and grounding skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kristina treats the process as collaborative and will help figure out what methods match your goals, needs, and preferences. She will adjust plans over time as progress and priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you talk face-to-face when that helps build connection. Phone sessions can fit a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, short focused homework, or when written reflection helps you process. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines and provide different ways to stay engaged between appointments.
Questions people ask about Kristina
What kinds of problems does Kristina help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, grief, career questions, and other life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while tailoring conversations and plans to each person. Sessions can include practical steps you try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and earlier professional work that informs her practice.
Where is Kristina licensed and based?
She holds an Illinois LCSW credential and provides services from Illinois.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start therapy with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.