Kristi McClatchy , LPC

Kristi McClatchy, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), specializes in working with women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, young adults, and mothers between the ages of 18 and 35 who are coping with anxiety or who need a supportive space to explore their lives. She creates a warm, affirming environment where day-to-day stressors can be addressed alongside deeper material stemming from childhood experiences that may be showing up in the present.

Kristi centers the client as the expert on their own life and emphasizes collaborative goal setting for both short-term relief and longer-term healing. Her training includes trauma-informed methods such as Internal Family Systems and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and she also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness-Based practices, Trust-Based Relational Intervention, and Feminist therapy perspectives. She offers education about attachment theory and helps clients identify and heal attachment injuries, working toward earned secure attachment and improved relationship patterns.

Kristi attends to the ways social context and identity shape experience, using Feminist, Postmodern, and Queer-allied frameworks to explore power, oppression, and belonging. Creative expression is woven into her work through art, movement, writing, meditation, and music when appropriate. She has experience in a variety of clinical settings including a non-profit, a day treatment program, and an inpatient psychiatric hospital.

Kristi is not currently able to address substance abuse or dependency, addictions, divorce or custody disputes, self-harming behaviors within the past year, disordered eating including anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Borderline Personality Disorder, severe depression, anger management, domestic violence, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, ADHD, or suicidal thoughts within the past year. If it becomes clear that a client would benefit from a clinician with different training or greater expertise, she will assist in finding a better fit.

Attachment, Skills, and Mindfulness in Online Care

Kristi uses Attachment-Based work to help clients understand how early relationships influence current patterns. This approach offers education about attachment styles and practical steps to heal attachment injuries, which can reduce relationship difficulties and foster greater trust and connection.

She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy - DBT - to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. DBT can be especially helpful for managing intense anxiety, improving coping strategies, and navigating stressful life transitions.

Mindfulness therapy is woven into sessions to support present-moment awareness and self-compassion. These practices can assist clients who are working through grief, trauma-related distress, or a desire to deepen self-love and grounding.

Finding the right combination of approaches is a collaborative process. Kristi works with each person to identify which methods align with their goals, needs, and preferences, adapting the plan over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as flexible scheduling and access to care from home. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it possible to receive consistent support while balancing work, family, or geographic constraints. These options help licensed professionals and therapists meet clients where they are and maintain continuity of care.