Kristin L Smith is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Adoption, Codependency, Coping Skills, Divorce, Eating Disorders, Family Conflict, Life Transitions, Narcissistic Personality, School Issues, and Stress. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
Kristin meets her clients where they are at, with warmth and unconditional positive regard. Her sessions are judgement-free, client-driven and insight developing. She pulls from family systems (because no one grows up in a vacuum), person-centered, CBT, DBT, Gottman and mindfulness practices. The issues Kristin has treated are recovery from addiction/eating disorders, depression, anxiety, marital/relationship issues, difficult divorces, sexuality issues, self-esteem challenges, parenting, ADHD, personality disorders, trauma, creating healthy relationships and anger management. Kristin has two MA degrees, one in Psychology from Phillips Graduate University, the other in Asian Studies from California State University, Long Beach. She completed her BA in Political Science and International Relations at University of California, Santa Barbara. Kristin has worked with children, adolescents, adults, families and couples. Kristin’s process provides clients with a safe space to access and better utilize their innate strengths, develop new skills and invite new perspectives to create change. Kristin lives in the San Fernando Valley with her 20-year-old son, 15-year-old daughter, 11-year old King Charles Spaniel and baby Havana rabbit.