Therapist profile
Kristen Sims, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Family and parenting
Continue with KristenAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions and trauma
- Parenting support
About Kristen
Kristen Sims is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with 16 years of experience. She works with adults on issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and relationship concerns. Her stated areas also include parenting, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Kristen frames therapy as a collaborative effort. She helps people set clear goals and talks through steps to reach them. Sessions focus on practical strategies and communication skills rather than jargon.
Her background includes work across a range of relationship and family-related concerns. She lists family and parenting among her focus areas and also addresses attachment and abandonment issues, communication problems, control and impulsivity, and isolation or loneliness.
Kristen names hospice and end-of-life counseling, grief, and guilt and shame as additional focus areas. She also notes experience with mood disorders, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety and phobia. This range reflects a practice that often centers on how life events affect everyday family and parenting roles.
Clients can expect a therapist who centers open communication and mutual goal-setting. Kristen emphasizes taking manageable steps and recognizes that asking for help can be difficult. To begin, readers are encouraged to follow the site’s process for scheduling an initial session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit into online work
Kristen describes using evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skill building and relationship repair. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches communication, emotion regulation, and coping strategies to handle stress, parenting demands, and anxiety. These techniques help people practice new ways of interacting and responding in everyday situations. Another frequently used approach focuses on trauma-informed care, which helps people address past harm and its effects on current relationships and behavior. This involves pacing, stabilizing strategies, and processing that aim to reduce reactivity and improve functioning in family and parenting roles. Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Kristen works with each person to identify priorities, tries methods that fit their goals, and adjusts the plan over time based on what helps most. She emphasizes setting clear, achievable goals together. Confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not specify them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments from different locations. It can also support shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or sessions without video when bandwidth or a quieter environment is needed. Licensed professionals often use these conveniences to help therapy fit into day-to-day routines rather than to promise a specific service.Areas of focus
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Experience
16+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, relationship and family concerns, plus parenting and intimacy-related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a collaborative, goal-focused approach and talks through practical steps and communication strategies with each client.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kristen has 16 years of experience working with adults on a range of mental health and relationship issues.
Is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, credentialed as FL LCSW, and practices in Florida.
Can she work with people who do not live in the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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