- CBT methods
- Mindfulness therapy
- Parenting dynamics
About Krista
Krista Arrington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 30 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing relationship strain, family conflict, grief, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, and concerns like guilt and shame. Her practice also addresses sleep problems, intimacy issues, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and the effects of caregiving and life transitions.
Krista draws on cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding. She uses collaborative goal setting, practical problem solving, and ongoing progress checks so work in sessions links to daily life. Sessions can focus on immediate challenges or on longer-term personal growth.
Her background includes community-based outpatient programs and public school settings, where she developed experience with learning disabilities and neurodiverse learners. That experience informs how she supports parents managing related family dynamics and special education concerns.
In sessions she is direct and straightforward while remaining respectful. She mixes practical techniques with gentle mindfulness exercises and occasional light humor. The emphasis is on clear steps people can use between sessions to manage stress, relationships, sleep, and painful feelings like guilt or shame.
Krista asks people to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session to begin. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.
How CBT and Mindfulness are used in online sessions
Krista uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT breaks problems into manageable parts and provides specific exercises people can try between sessions to change patterns that feed guilt, anxiety, or depression.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. Those practices help people notice strong emotions like shame without getting swept away and learn short, concrete ways to respond differently in daily moments.
Choosing the right mix of methods is part of the work. Krista will collaborate with each person to decide which strategies fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks progress and adjusts techniques as people try them out in real life.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when useful, and avoid travel time. These practical benefits help people keep regular appointments and bring what happens between sessions back into therapy for discussion.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship and family problems, grief and loss, parenting struggles, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, depression, and issues such as guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of persistent guilt or shame?
She combines cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to help people notice thought patterns, test assumptions, and practice new, manageable responses to those feelings.
How much experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 30 years of experience working in community outpatient programs and public school settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California and practices from that state.
Does she work in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking by following the site steps, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.