Kristian Skillman
Practical, warm support for family and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kristian
Kristian Skillman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 15 years of clinical experience in California. She creates a calm, welcoming space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, parenting challenges, and depression. Her style is straightforward and compassionate.
She listens first and helps clients figure out practical next steps. Kristian focuses on everyday problems that affect family life and parenting. She helps people manage the emotional fallout of divorce and separation, and she works with issues like guilt, shame, and isolation.
Background and approach
She also supports clients who are wrestling with life purpose, forgiveness, and rebuilding self-love after hard experiences. Her practice uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions toward clear goals. Rather than relying on jargon, she explains interventions in plain terms and practices strategies that can be used between meetings.
Sessions aim to improve communication, reduce distress, and strengthen relationships over time. Kristian values collaboration. She invites clients to set priorities and choose what to try first.
Progress is tracked in small, practical steps so changes feel manageable and relevant to daily life. She offers sessions in English and works with people across California. Her LMFT credential means she is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California, license number 96592.
To begin, she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Kristian commonly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach helps people identify unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior, then try small experiments to shift those patterns and reduce anxiety or depression. Another approach centers on working through the impact of trauma and difficult losses in manageable steps so emotions feel more understandable and less overwhelming.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Kristian works with each person to decide which techniques match their needs, goals, and preferences. She reviews progress together and adjusts the plan as needed so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy makes regular care easier to fit into busy family schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation from home, while phone, live chat, and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins or flexibility when meetings are hard to arrange. These options help maintain continuity of care and let clients pick the format that works best for their day-to-day life.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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