- Stress and anxiety
- Guilt and shame
- Compassion fatigue
About Kristina
Kristina Paschal is an Illinois LCSW with three years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions. She works with people who are coping with loss, low motivation, and compassion fatigue. Kristina also supports those carrying guilt and shame linked to relationships, family, or personal choices.
She focuses on creating a conversational setting where clients can talk about hard feelings without judgment. Sessions tend to center on practical steps and clear language rather than technical terms. She invites clients to name what feels most urgent and then works with them to sort through next steps.
Kristina draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address unhelpful thinking, avoidant patterns, and social anxiety. Conversations often include practicing new ways of communicating and small experiments to test out different choices in daily life. The pace is driven by what each person is ready to try.
She pays particular attention to compassion fatigue and the burnout that follows helping roles, offering ways to rebuild boundaries and manageable routines. For relationship concerns, Kristina helps people clarify communication problems and set realistic expectations for themselves.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. She asks questions, offers reflections, and suggests strategies clients can use between sessions. To get started she asks prospective clients to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session through the service button on her profile.
Evidence-based techniques and online care
Kristina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and change small behaviors. One approach focuses on identifying and gently challenging negative thoughts, which can reduce anxiety and feelings of shame by testing whether those thoughts match reality. Another approach works on behavioral experiments and exposure to reduce avoidance in social anxiety and daily life changes, helping people try new actions in manageable steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kristina will collaborate with each client to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they assess what helps in early sessions and adjust the plan as needed, mixing conversation, practice, and skill-building.
The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when time is tight, or avoid travel to an office. These practical benefits can help people maintain momentum between sessions while they practice new ways of managing guilt, shame, anxiety, or compassion fatigue.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem issues, relationships, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include communication problems, isolation, self-love, social anxiety, and guilt and shame.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses plain language and a conversational approach that focuses on practical steps. Sessions emphasize noticing patterns, practicing communication, and trying small behavioral experiments.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional clinical experience working with the concerns listed on her profile.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices with that credential in that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the signup process.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to begin.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.