About Kristina
Kristina Stainbrook greets people with a calm, straightforward approach. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with nine years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety and supports those facing addictions and major life changes.
Kristina focuses on practical, daily steps that fit into busy lives. She treats issues like self-esteem, motivation, and confidence with clear strategies people can try between sessions. She also helps people work through family conflict, communication problems, and codependency patterns.
Background and approach
Her style centers on listening first. Kristina believes each person is the expert on their own story. She uses that understanding to build realistic goals together and to choose tools that feel useful in real life.
She combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered work means she follows the person’s pace and priorities. Cognitive behavioral techniques involve spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small changes in behavior to reduce anxiety or urges tied to addiction.
Kristina invites people to take gradual steps toward clearer purpose and greater self-love. She emphasizes forgiveness and better communication as ways to improve relationships and personal well-being. The first session focuses on what matters most to the person and on simple next steps to try.
How client-centered and CBT approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on following the person's lead. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the person name priorities and goals. This approach is helpful for people who need time to clarify what matters most and who benefit from being heard first.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or urges tied to addiction. CBT is practical and often includes exercises to practice between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the person to decide whether to emphasize client-centered listening, CBT techniques, or a mix of both based on needs and preferences. That collaborative decision can change over time as goals evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect before they respond. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines and allow for flexible, ongoing support.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Oregon
- Languages
- English