Dr. Kristine Quallich
Calm, practical guidance for family challenges
- Credentials
- CA Psychologist 34986, OH Psychologist P.6408
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed in
- Ohio, California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Kristine
Dr. Kristine Quallich uses cognitive behavioral and client-centered approaches to help people facing parenting and family challenges. She is a licensed psychologist in Ohio and California and draws on nearly three decades of experience.
Her style is direct and practical, aimed at making day-to-day family life more manageable. She writes plain guidance and offers tools parents can use between sessions. She has worked extensively in education settings as a Certified School Psychologist, supporting students and families with learning, behavior, and emotional concerns.
Background and approach
That background informs how she talks about school-related stress and family routines. She has also provided services in community therapy settings, addressing anger, work-related challenges, and family issues. Her training includes cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy, and solution-focused methods.
In sessions she blends these approaches to match what a parent or family needs. She emphasizes skills that can be practiced at home, such as communication strategies and coping techniques. Dr.
Quallich also teaches at Kent State University, which keeps her connected to current research and training practices. She likes meditation and exercise and encourages clients to find small, meaningful habits. With 28 years of work in schools and community programs, she brings both practical experience and clinical knowledge to family and parenting concerns.
Parents can expect clear, step-by-step suggestions and an emphasis on workable changes. Her goal is to help families reduce stress and improve how they solve everyday problems together.
Therapy approaches for families online
Dr. Quallich commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered practices when working with family and parenting concerns. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that contribute to stress, which can help with sleep problems, anxiety, and mood. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and understanding a family's goals so sessions reflect what matters most to them.She also integrates mindfulness and solution-focused ideas when useful. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity during tense moments. Solution-focused techniques break big problems into small, concrete steps so families can try quick changes and see what helps first.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the parent or family about goals and preferences, then adapt methods to fit daily life and what the family finds most helpful. This flexibility helps tailor sessions to real-world needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions around school, work, and daily routines. Many families find that a mix of video and brief messaging between sessions helps keep progress moving forward while staying flexible.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, California
- Languages
- English
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