Kristine Bartos

Kristine Bartos is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida. She brings three years of clinical experience and a practical, warm manner to sessions. Kristine focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also addresses addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, career stress, and compassion fatigue.

Kristine uses cognitive behavioral ideas as a foundation. She helps clients see how thoughts, emotions, and actions feed one another and builds simple skills to interrupt unhelpful patterns. She also draws on attachment-based and psychodynamic perspectives when early experiences are relevant to current struggles. Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are added when they fit a person’s goals.

Her style is warm and encouraging with an emphasis on clear goals and practical steps. Sessions often blend skill practice with discussion about past experiences that shape current behavior. The aim is to leave each session with something concrete to try between meetings.

Kristine’s background includes a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University and clinical work in medical settings. That work involved counseling, crisis intervention, and support for people facing serious medical issues alongside mental health concerns. Her experience has shaped a flexible approach that adapts to each person’s story.

If someone wants to begin, Kristine asks that they use the site’s Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Kristine commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in session. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters most to them and take committed steps toward those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adapts techniques as progress unfolds. Clients are involved in setting goals and choosing practical steps to try between sessions.

Confirm current session formats before booking because the profile does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes regular skill practice and consistent follow-up simpler for many people, which can support steady progress without promising specific outcomes.