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- Stress and anxiety
- Addiction support
- Parenting strain
About Kristen
Kristen Wells is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of clinical experience based in Massachusetts. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, relationship difficulties, and concerns related to LGBT identity. Her practice also addresses ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, postpartum depression, and career and life-change stress.
Kristen uses practical approaches to help people manage symptoms and rebuild routines. She draws on methods shown to work for mood and substance use issues and uses straightforward conversations to identify what feels most urgent. Sessions include problem-solving, coping skills practice, and work on communication patterns that affect home life.
Her background began in social work with children and families before shifting to adult psychotherapy. Kristen has treated people for substance use and addiction, and she has experience with motivational interviewing and relapse prevention work. She has also supported people through custody questions, divorce or separation, and loss-related grief.
Kristen aims to help people develop tools that fit their day-to-day life. That can mean building emotion-regulation skills for anger, planning for postpartum mood changes, or creating structure for attention challenges. She tends to work collaboratively, setting clear goals and tracking practical steps between sessions.
People who choose Kristen are often ready to make changes and willing to do steady work on habits and relationships. She asks about current routines and stressors, then prioritizes actions that reduce immediate strain while also addressing longer-term patterns.
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Kristen commonly draws on motivational interviewing and relapse-prevention techniques to address substance use and readiness for change. Motivational interviewing focuses on helping people clarify their goals and resolve mixed feelings about changing behavior. Relapse-prevention work identifies triggers and builds practical plans to reduce risk and maintain gains.She also uses structured skills-based approaches for mood and anxiety problems, teaching concrete tools such as breathing and behavioral activation to reduce low mood and worry. These approaches focus on small, repeatable steps that people can practice between sessions and apply at home.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Kristen will review your concerns, try strategies, and adapt them based on your needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process that looks at what fits your routine and what produces useful change.
The profile does not list which online session formats are currently offered, so confirm the available options before booking. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when needed. They also let people try techniques in the context of everyday life and bring concrete problems from home into the session for real-time problem solving.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family and parenting concerns are addressed?
She works with adults on parenting strain, blended family issues, co-parenting challenges, and communication problems that affect household life.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, evidence-informed methods and straightforward conversation to set goals and teach coping skills for everyday stressors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience, including early work as a social worker and many years providing therapy to adults.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an MA and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts.
Can she work with non-English speakers or international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are used?
The original profile does not specify current session formats; please confirm the available formats before booking a session.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to start.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.