Kristen Paeth
Supportive therapy for parents and caregivers
- Credentials
- LCSW, LICSW
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin, Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kristen
Kristen Paeth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who aims to help parents and caregivers facing stress and parenting challenges. She brings a straightforward, listening-first style and focuses on practical steps people can use at home. Kristen speaks plainly and works to make sessions feel approachable for someone juggling family life and responsibilities.
She trained at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, earning a Master of Social Work in 2017, after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.
Background and approach
Kristen has eight years of clinical experience, including work in Child Protective Services and in-home autism therapy, which informs her practical understanding of family needs. In sessions she uses client-centered therapy to build trust and meet people where they are.
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, solution-focused work, mindfulness techniques, and motivational interviewing to address stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, parenting concerns, and related issues. Kristen prefers clear, concrete steps alongside reflective listening. She has experience helping people with a wide range of concerns including grief, anger, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and caregiver stress.
Kristen also works with people dealing with addiction, communication problems, family of origin issues, and effects of separation or divorce. Kristen offers sessions in English and practices as an LCSW and LICSW in Wisconsin. She uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a parent or caregiver would complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship and listening carefully to what matters most to you. It helps people feel heard and sets the stage for practical change by tailoring work to each person's pace and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday parenting challenges.
Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and support calm during stressful moments. These techniques can help with emotional regulation and coping with life transitions.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust based on what works. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools to keep using.
Online therapy makes these methods easier to access through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That flexibility helps parents and caregivers fit sessions around school, work, and appointments while maintaining continuity of care. Licensed professionals can use a mix of formats to match what works best for each household.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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