Works with
- Anger
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Kirsten works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois, North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kirsten
Kirsten Probst-Santha is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing strong emotions and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps to manage stress, anxiety, anger, and low self-esteem. Her style is warm and collaborative, aimed at making conversations straightforward and useful.
Kirsten uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person’s goals at the center of each session. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify thinking patterns that make feelings worse.
Background and approach
She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation when feelings feel overwhelming. With four years of experience, Kirsten has supported people in school, residential, and community settings. She has worked with concerns related to trauma and abuse, family problems, grief, and life transitions.
She also addresses issues like ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue when they affect daily functioning. People come to her for help with parenting challenges, blended family issues, adoption and foster care matters, and communication problems. She also supports those dealing with body image, eating-related concerns, fertility stress, and immigration-related strain.
In sessions she focuses on building coping skills, teaching emotion regulation techniques, and strengthening communication. Her aim is to help people find stability and clearer next steps during stressful times. Kirsten works with clients in English and accepts international clients.
What Kirsten works with
Everything Kirsten lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kirsten's practice.
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kirsten lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy places the person’s goals and experience first. In practice this means sessions begin by asking what matters most and then shaping conversations around those goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect; it helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors to change how they feel. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches clear skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication when feelings are intense.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they will try strategies, adjust the plan, and pick the methods that feel most useful for day-to-day life.
Online therapy with Kirsten includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls let people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick updates, homework check-ins, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent during busy or changing schedules.
Questions people ask about Kirsten
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, bipolar concerns, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, and parenting challenges.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses a client-centered style and works collaboratively to set goals. Sessions focus on practical skills and clear steps to manage emotions and solve problems.
What experience does she bring?
She has four years of experience working in school, residential, and community-based settings supporting people through crisis and life transitions.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the credential LCSW and is licensed in North Carolina and Illinois while practicing from North Carolina.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session according to therapist availability.