Kristin Perkins, LCSW - Therapist in California

About Kristin

Kristin Perkins is a licensed social worker who focuses on family and relationship concerns. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand each family's situation. Parents often turn to her when conflicts, parenting challenges, or trauma have made daily life harder.

Kristin offers steady support and practical steps to help people move forward. Kristin holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and brings 23 years of experience in the field.

Background and approach

She draws on several approaches to fit the situation, including cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness practices. Sessions are shaped to match what a family needs rather than a fixed formula. Her work often looks at patterns that show up across relationships and family history.

She helps identify communication habits, attachment concerns, and stress that falls on caregivers. She also addresses issues like separation, finances, workplace stress, and life transitions when they affect family life. Kristin uses concrete tools alongside deeper conversation.

That can mean practical strategies to change day-to-day behavior, skills for clearer communication, or exercises to reduce reactivity. She mixes short-term solutions with attention to the underlying dynamics that keep problems repeating. People who come to Kristin can expect direct guidance and respectful curiosity.

She aims to help clients find clearer goals and small steps toward them. Work with her is collaborative, steady, and focused on making family life more manageable.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Kristin commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and Imago relationship ideas in her sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behavior to reduce distress and improve daily routines. Imago relationship work centers on improving communication between partners and understanding how past experiences shape current interactions.

She also brings mindfulness into sessions to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness exercises help people pause, notice emotions, and respond more clearly instead of reacting automatically. Together these approaches offer practical tools and space to look at deeper patterns in relationships and family life.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristin will talk with clients about goals and preferences and adapt methods to fit each family's needs. She aims to find a balance of concrete skills and deeper conversation that feels useful to the people in the room.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for busy families. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a routine and to continue work between meetings. Kristin uses these formats to deliver the same practical guidance and thoughtful reflection she offers in person, while helping clients find convenient ways to participate.

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.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Kristin address?

She works with relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and coaching for life changes. Additional areas include attachment, caregiver stress, divorce, finances, and workplace issues.

What is Kristin's therapeutic style?

Her style blends practical strategies and reflective work. She uses tools to change behaviors and also examines the relationship patterns that keep problems repeating.

How long has she practiced?

Kristin brings 23 years of professional experience to her practice. That experience includes working with families and people facing relationship and trauma-related challenges.

What credentials does Kristin hold and where does she work?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California with license number CA LCSW 77163. Her practice is based in California.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with Kristin?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats does she offer?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for working together. These formats let clients choose what fits their schedule and comfort.

How do fees and getting started work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 23 years
Licensed: California
Languages: English

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