Therapist profile
Kristen Welton, LCSW
Texas
LCSW in Texas - relationships and mood concerns
Continue with KristenWhere Kristen stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Texas / 58722
- NPI
- 1154740728
- Experience
- 12 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Texas
About
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- DBT skills
About Kristen
Kristen Welton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with 12 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people coping with mood disorders and life changes such as divorce or midlife transitions.
Her practice centers on helping people get clearer about what they want and how to set practical steps toward it. Sessions often focus on communication skills, managing overwhelming feelings, and noticing patterns that keep someone stuck. Kristen uses straightforward conversation and exercises to help people try different ways of responding in day-to-day situations.
She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and where they began. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are offered when people need concrete strategies for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Her experience includes working with grief, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and issues that carry shame or guilt. She also helps clients facing postpartum depression, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and problems tied to prejudice and discrimination. Kristen aims to be practical in sessions and to leave people with steps they can try between meetings.
People who want to begin are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Kristen conducts work in English and practices as a Texas LCSW.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. In practice this means noticing patterns in how someone gets close, keeps distance, or reacts when a partner or family member is upset. It can help with codependency and repeated relationship cycles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online sessions using CBT commonly include brief exercises, thought records, and homework to try between meetings to shift daily reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together the client and therapist decide which combination of methods to use and adjust them as progress is tracked.
Confirm session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Many people find online sessions useful for fitting therapy into a busy day, using shorter check-ins around work breaks, or avoiding travel time. Online work can also make it easier to practice communication skills in real-world moments and to review written exercises between meetings. Licensed professionals adapt tools like CBT worksheets and DBT skills coaching to the online setting to keep sessions practical and action oriented.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, low self-esteem, trauma and intimacy-related concerns. Additional areas include mood disorders and coping with major life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and conversational. Sessions focus on communication skills, emotion regulation strategies, and small experiments to change daily patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of concerns including chronic illness, codependency, and grief.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Texas.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
Confirm the current session options before booking as the biography does not specify which formats are used. Please check the therapist's profile for up-to-date session formats.
How does pricing work?
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 a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.