About Kristina
Kristina Malley offers a calm, welcoming approach for people taking the first step toward help. She writes in a straightforward way and aims to remove pressure from starting therapy. Sessions are available through messaging and calls so people can choose what feels easiest.
Kristina emphasizes building a reliable rapport and focusing on practical steps that fit each person. With 11 years of experience, Kristina works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, addictions, trauma, and grief.
Background and approach
She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, body image, and challenges related to caregiving and chronic illness. Her practice includes attention to ADHD, bipolar concerns, and eating or sleeping difficulties. Kristina uses familiar, goal-focused methods in session.
She partners with people to identify strengths and short- and long-term goals. Together they try small, manageable changes and track what works. The emphasis is on useful strategies the person can use between sessions.
Her training includes a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Pennsylvania Licensed Professional Counselor credential. Kristina has experience assisting people with clinically diagnosed conditions and has worked across diverse cultural backgrounds. She brings a practical, encouraging style to sessions.
People can expect clear conversations about steps forward, tools to manage day-to-day challenges, and help sorting priorities. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and increase skills for coping with life changes and career or relationship stress.
How Kristina’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs understanding, validation, and support to find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and mood symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and improving communication in stressful moments. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kristina collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She will adjust techniques over time based on what is helpful and what the person most wants to change. Online sessions bring practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when not being on camera helps someone focus. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions, share short updates, or have brief coaching during a busy day. These options add flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English