Therapist profile
Kristen Gennety, LMSW
Michigan
LMSW focused on relationships and coping skills
Continue with KristenWhere Kristen stands
- Credentials
- LMSW
- License
- LMSW, Michigan / 6801118660
- NPI
- 1871117002
- Experience
- 4 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Michigan
About
- ACT
- CBT
- DBT skills
About Kristen
Kristen Gennety is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Michigan with four years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship struggles, and self-esteem concerns. Her practice also addresses grief, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related worries.
Kristen focuses on practical, straightforward conversations. She uses humor and a person's strengths to make change feel doable. Sessions emphasize clear goals, skills practice, and noticing what helps day to day. Kristen frames the client as the expert on their own life and builds plans from that starting point.
Her approach draws on several evidence-based methods. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts and commit to valued actions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behavior patterns. Attachment-based ideas inform work around closeness, trust, and boundaries.
Kristen also works with tools from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to manage strong emotions and improve coping. Client-centered techniques guide how sessions are paced and shaped around each person. These methods are blended to fit what each person brings to the room.
People who have trouble saying no, who feel stuck in caretaking roles, or who struggle with codependency patterns may find this approach useful. Kristen helps people practice setting limits, improving communication, and reclaiming personal priorities. She invites straightforward steps rather than quick fixes.
How sessions work
How her approaches are used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match what matters to them. This approach can support decisions about boundaries, values, and facing uncomfortable emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines patterns of thinking and behavior and introduces experiments to test new ways of acting. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and managing unhelpful thinking that keeps someone doing the same things over and over.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kristen will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them over time based on what helps in everyday life.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It also supports using skills practice between sessions and brings conversational, skill-focused therapy into the setting where people live and work.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship and self-esteem issues, grief, trauma, compassion fatigue, and related concerns such as codependency and attachment issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are practical and conversational, using humor and a person's strengths. She blends ACT, CBT, DBT skills, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered pacing.
How much experience does she have?
Kristen holds four years of professional experience as a clinician working with the listed concerns in Michigan.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) licensed in Michigan and provides services listed for that state.
Are sessions available in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model 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 to get started.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.