Karin Kittler
Relationship and family support with experience
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed in
- Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Karin
Karin Kittler is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Rhode Island. She brings 30 years of experience helping people navigate relationship strain, family dynamics, grief, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Karin aims for practical change and focuses on what matters most to each person or family.
She keeps sessions centered on the client and the issue at hand. That means choosing ways of working that fit each family's goals rather than following a single method.
Background and approach
Karin creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly about difficult feelings. In sessions she helps families and couples identify patterns that cause stress. She works with clients to try new behaviors and communication habits.
The therapist offers steady guidance while encouraging people to build skills that carry into daily life. Karin also supports people facing loss and major life changes. She helps name the feelings grief brings and find manageable steps forward.
For parents she focuses on practical strategies to improve routines, set limits, and strengthen connections. Her approach is collaborative. Karin partners with clients to set clear goals and track progress over time.
She emphasizes small, realistic changes that add up to better functioning at home and in relationships.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online family care
Two common evidence-based approaches she draws on are goal-focused behavioral strategies and structured family conversations. Goal-focused behavioral work helps people identify small actions that change day-to-day interactions, which is useful for parenting, routines, and coping with life changes. Structured family conversations provide a simple format to clarify needs, set boundaries, and practice new ways of talking that reduce conflict.She also uses grief-focused support that helps name feelings and create manageable steps after loss. This approach focuses on pacing, memory work, and building routines that honor what was lost while moving forward at a person’s own pace.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit your family, and adjust based on what is working. Clients and the therapist set clear goals together and check in on progress as therapy continues.
Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats offer flexibility for busy families and allow ongoing skill practice between sessions. They also make it easier to include partners or family members who cannot attend in person, so work can continue in real-life settings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Coping with life changes
- Parenting issues
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
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