Kristen Sims
Family-focused therapist for practical parenting support
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kristen
Kristen Sims is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and challenging life transitions. She practices in Florida and works with families and individuals on parenting, relationships, intimacy issues, and mood concerns. Kristen communicates plainly and focuses on practical steps parents can use at home.
Her approach centers on building straightforward goals together. Sessions emphasize open communication and realistic strategies that fit a family's daily life.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns like attachment, control, or communication problems and then helps parents and partners try new ways of relating. Kristen draws on evidence-based techniques to address trauma, panic, and mood disorders while keeping discussions grounded and practical. She also supports people facing end-of-life and hospice concerns, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to shame or isolation.
The work balances coping skills with attention to relationships. Therapy with Kristen typically includes collaborative goal setting and check-ins about progress. She encourages small, manageable changes that can reduce overwhelm and improve family routines.
Parents can expect clear suggestions and practical exercises to try between sessions. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at helping worried parents find steadier footing. Conversations move at a measured pace so families can test new approaches without pressure.
Kristen helps people notice what works and adjust as they go.
Therapeutic approaches and online options for families
Two evidence-based approaches she relies on are trauma-informed techniques and practical skills training. Trauma-informed work focuses on understanding how past harm affects current feelings and relationships, and it helps people reduce reactivity and feel steadier. Practical skills training teaches tools like grounding, emotion regulation, and communication exercises that families can practice between sessions to improve daily routines.She treats choosing a therapeutic approach as a team task. The therapist and client discuss needs, goals, and what feels doable. Together they try methods and adjust over time so the plan fits each family's pace and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet from home. Sessions are available by video call or phone for live conversation, and by live chat or text-based messaging for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier for busy parents to fit care into their schedules and to keep momentum when life gets hectic.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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