Kristi StricklandLCSW, CSW

Kristi Strickland, LCSW, CSW, offers calm, practical support for people navigating stress, parenting demands, pregnancy-related change, and mood struggles. She creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through what feels hard and build skills for daily living.

Kristi uses straightforward talk and concrete strategies. She blends approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered work to help people notice thoughts, choose values-based actions, and reduce unhelpful patterns. Sessions focus on small, usable steps that fit into busy lives.

Her background includes a Master of Social Work from Indiana University and experience as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She has worked with people facing anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, family conflict, intellectual disability, and postpartum depression. This range informs a flexible, practical style grounded in everyday concerns.

Kristi often collaborates with psychiatrists, primary care providers, and social service agencies when coordinated care is helpful. She emphasizes building coping skills for mood stability, better communication, and smoother transitions through life changes.

Clients can expect a straightforward process that centers their goals. Conversations include skill practice, problem solving, and checking what works between sessions. Her aim is to help people feel more capable managing stress, relationships, and the challenges that come with parenting and pregnancy-related transitions.

How her approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, parenting stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through skill practice and experiments between sessions; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and mood problems.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist works collaboratively to identify goals and then suggests methods based on needs and preferences. Clients and the therapist check in and adjust the plan as they learn what helps.

Session formats were described in the original biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Ask which formats are available when you start the matching process. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. It also lets people keep continuity with a licensed professional while managing parenting, appointments, and everyday obligations.