- Years in practice
- 3
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Muang
Muang Kistler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps adults navigate stress, grief, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. She aims to create a calm, honest space where people can say what’s on their mind and begin taking small steps toward feeling better. She draws on an attachment perspective to understand how early relationships shape current patterns.
Muang also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts, and acceptance and commitment tools to clarify values and build actions that matter to the client.
Background and approach
Before providing remote therapy, Muang spent nine years as a medical social worker across hospitals, emergency departments, inpatient psychiatry, and palliative care. She has additional experience in outpatient primary care, dialysis settings, and work inside a prison, which informs a practical, grounded approach to complex situations. Sessions focus on clear communication, building coping skills, and setting realistic goals.
She supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiving strain, grief and loss, trauma, mood disorders, and struggles with self-worth. The work tends to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Muang encourages planning that changes as goals shift.
She emphasizes straightforward conversation and practical strategies that can be used outside sessions. Her practice is based in California and she offers help in English for adults seeking to manage life stressors and parenting challenges.
What Muang works with
Everything Muang lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Muang helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Mood disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Muang lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How online approaches shape the work
Muang uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in ways that translate well to online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to change mood and behavior. Acceptance and commitment therapy, ACT, helps people notice difficult feelings, clarify what matters most to them, and take committed steps toward those values.Choosing an approach is part of the work together. Muang will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods collaboratively. Plans are adjusted as progress and needs change so the approach stays relevant and helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different routines. Video calls let people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation, while phone sessions can fit a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can support shorter check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule consistent care and to use therapy in real-life moments.
Questions people ask about Muang
What kinds of concerns does Muang help with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, addictions, trauma, bipolar symptoms, and related issues like codependency and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward, combining an attachment perspective with cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based strategies to build skills and clarify values.
What is her professional background?
Muang has three years of remote therapy experience and nine years as a medical social worker in hospitals and related settings, plus outpatient and correctional work.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model 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 a session according to therapist availability.
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