Kristi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, but you might also call her a marriage counselor, couple’s counselor, psychotherapist or attachment specialist.

She would love to help you experience what it means to be known, loved, and accepted, and to feel worthy as you are—by working through fear, anxiety, guilt, and building healthy self-esteem. Together we will look at how your childhood relationships impact current relationships so that you have the opportunity to take risks and make new choices towards healthy relationships. Kristi uses EMDR Therapy (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) to move you from debilitating impacts of trauma and pain to greater places of healing and emotional freedom.

Kristi has worked through her own childhood trauma, abandonment, and adult grief.  She has done the hard work herself and has learned to manage her own feelings of abandonment and gained insight into her own childhood trauma. She has first-hand experience balancing work and family and the challenges and blessings of being a step-mom to a step-son with autism and navigating blended family dynamics.

Kristi would like to walk with you and help you gain the tools so that you will experience greater intimacy in your relationships.  Kristi believes you will have control over your emotions and will feel empowered in difficult situations.

Kristi sees clients in both Mission Viejo and Costa Mesa, CA, as well as virtually. Kristi is also licensed in Utah where she can see clients virtually.