About Kristi
Kristi Meade is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people facing strong stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, mood shifts, and low self-esteem. She writes and talks plainly with clients and creates a calm setting where people can speak without feeling judged. She understands taking the first step feels hard and treats that decision with respect.
Kristi draws on six years of clinical experience, much of it in a crisis stabilization unit for mental health and substance use.
Background and approach
That background means she is used to fast-changing situations and to helping people regain steady footing. She has been fully licensed in Georgia and also holds an Arizona LPC credential. Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including depression, bipolar patterns, panic, trauma and grief, sleep problems, anger, and addiction.
She also assists with relationship and family stress, parenting strain, career worries, and questions about life purpose and isolation. Comorbid conditions and impulse-related struggles are part of her practical experience. In sessions Kristi uses several methods such as acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral tools, client-centered listening, emotionally focused techniques, and mindfulness practices.
She helps people notice what matters to them, test small changes, and build skills that fit daily life. Kristi offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what truly matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. It can help when worry, avoidance, or low motivation get in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to ease symptoms such as anxiety, panic, and depression. It is practical and often involves homework between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy centers on empathetic listening and respect for the client's perspective, creating space for people to find their own solutions and build confidence.Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, and then recommend a combination of methods. That choice is collaborative and can shift as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people read body language and hold deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, skill practice, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options help fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, Arizona
- Languages
- English