Kristine Gustafson, LPC
Compassionate practical therapy for everyday parenting challenges
Book with Kristine- Years in practice
- 14
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Kristine
Kristine Gustafson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri. She brings 14 years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She works with adults facing life transitions and emotional strain and uses clear, practical steps in sessions.
Kristine combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered techniques to create tailored plans. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools when they fit a person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with space to talk through feelings and everyday struggles. She often supports people coping with burnout, compassion fatigue, or the demands of caregiving and chronic illness. She also helps clients address relationship issues, grief, anger, and concerns around self-esteem and body image.
Addictions and ADHD are additional areas she addresses through structured strategies and coaching elements. Her style is direct and empathetic. She focuses on skill building - for example, thought reframing, behavior experiments, and values-based action.
Kristine aims to make therapy usable in real life, not just in the therapy room. Sessions are offered in English and Kristine accepts international clients. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What Kristine works with
Everything Kristine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Kristine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kristine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Kristine often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on helping people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are hard. It helps with anxiety, stress, chronic health concerns, and parenting struggles by shifting attention from avoiding discomfort to acting on goals.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on method that looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT helps people test unhelpful thoughts, change behaviors, and build routines for sleep, mood, and coping with change. Client-Centered methods are woven in to keep sessions grounded in the person’s own priorities and pace.
Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences and will adjust the plan as progress is made. That means sessions can be practical skill work, reflective conversations, or a mix of both based on what helps most.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and guided exercises, phone calls can fit a break at work, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These choices make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy parenting life.
Questions people ask about Kristine
What concerns does Kristine commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting issues, grief, addictions, ADHD, and a wide range of life changes and relationship or caregiving stresses.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach mixes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered listening, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to build practical skills and clarify values.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience working with adults on mental health, caregiving stress, and life transitions.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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