Kristi Kangas

Kristi Kangas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience licensed in California and Nevada. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, sleep problems, low self-esteem, depression, and attention-related concerns. She also helps people wrestling with life purpose and midlife changes.

Kristi uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help people manage mood and anxiety symptoms. Sessions focus on clear strategies for better sleep, impulse control, and reducing panic or obsessive thoughts. Conversation often includes communication skills and ways to cope with chronic pain or long-term illness.

She pays attention to how life stage and aging shape a person’s goals and worries. That can mean looking at role changes, health limits, or loneliness and isolation. For someone reevaluating what comes next, sessions aim to clarify values and routine steps rather than promise a specific outcome.

Kristi works with people who are hearing impaired when relevant communication adjustments are needed. She addresses guilt, shame, forgiveness, and control issues in straightforward terms, helping people practice different responses and test them between sessions.

Her approach is collaborative and practical. People can expect concrete tools, short-term goals, and an emphasis on what can change now. To begin, readers should use the site matching tool and schedule a first session to see if her style fits their needs.

How evidence-based methods translate to online sessions

Kristi works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and symptom relief. One common approach is cognitive-behavioral style work, which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep anxiety or low mood going. This method is useful for panic, phobias, obsessive thoughts, and mood symptoms.

Another frequently used approach is behavioral activation and structured routine work, which focuses on rebuilding daily habits and activities to improve sleep, energy, and motivation. That style is often helpful for depression, low motivation, and people reconsidering life purpose or midlife roles.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adapt based on what the client finds useful. Decisions about methods are collaborative and based on the client’s goals, preferences, and practical needs.

The original biography did not list specific online session formats. Confirm the available session formats before booking so you know whether sessions are by video or another method. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can work on goals between appointments.