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Kirstina Quast, LICSW

Based in Minnesota Online sessions

Compassionate, practical support for parents and families

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Years in practice
9
Credentials
LICSW
Licensed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Family conflicts
Focus
Trauma and abuse
About

About Kirstina

Kirstina Quast is a licensed independent clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns. She brings nine years of clinical experience and practical problem solving to each session. Her style is down-to-earth and focused on what will make daily life feel more manageable.

Kirstina draws from several approaches to meet individual needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape patterns, client-centered work to follow each person's priorities, and cognitive behavioral methods to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Background and approach

She also offers EMDR for trauma processing and motivational interviewing for goals and behavior change. Her background includes work across adult and children's mental health, residential treatment, child welfare, and adoption and foster care services. This variety gives her experience with blended family dynamics, fertility and adoption concerns, caregiver stress, and end-of-life matters.

She often supports people facing life transitions and complex family situations. Kirstina favors practical strategies and creative problem solving. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, concrete steps, and building on existing strengths.

She aims to collaborate so clients feel understood and involved in planning their care. People who reach out can expect a straightforward, warm approach that respects their knowledge of their own life. Kirstina values gradual change and realistic tools that fit busy family routines.

She welcomes conversations about parenting and family tensions alongside individual concerns.

Focus areas and approaches

What Kirstina works with

Everything Kirstina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kirstina helps people with.

Approaches Kirstina lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships influence behaviors and feelings. In teletherapy this approach helps people notice patterns in parenting and family interactions and practice different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. Online CBT often uses short exercises, homework, and practical tools to reduce anxiety or lift mood. EMDR is a trauma-focused method that helps process distressing memories; in virtual sessions it is adapted into paced reprocessing work aimed at reducing the emotional intensity of past events.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and day-to-day demands. Sessions can blend approaches over time so the plan fits evolving needs.

Online formats provide flexible ways to keep therapy in a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients share brief updates, ask questions between sessions, or handle scheduling and quick coping check-ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy around childcare, work, and school schedules.
Questions

Questions people ask about Kirstina

What concerns does she commonly address?

She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and career stress.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She focuses on practical steps, clear goals, and creative problem solving tailored to each person's needs.

What sort of professional background does she have?

She has nine years of clinical experience and has worked in adult and children's mental health, residential treatment, child welfare, and adoption and foster care services.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is a Minnesota Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, listed as LICSW, and practices from Minnesota.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working together?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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