Kristina MacDonald, LMHC

Kristina MacDonald is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on concerns commonly lived out at home, including stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and the emotional impacts of major life changes.

Clients often come because they feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or exhausted while appearing fine to others. Kristina talks through what’s happening and helps people build clearer routines and practical coping skills. She addresses mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, as well as attention challenges like ADHD and issues related to addiction.

Her approach draws on evidence-based methods. Kristina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that keep problems going. She brings Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to questions of values and motivation. Mindfulness and client-centered techniques are woven in to help people notice what matters and make steady changes.

She also helps with family-related topics that affect an individual’s day-to-day life. These include blended family adjustments, communication problems, family of origin issues, caregiver stress, and parenting strains. She works with people coping with grief, trauma, abandonment, and sexual or intimacy-related worries.

Sessions are conversational and goal focused. Kristina often uses short exercises between meetings to track progress. People who prefer straightforward, practical steps to manage emotions and relationships tend to find this approach clear and usable.

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