Kriss Light , LMFT

Kriss Light is a licensed marriage and family therapist offering compassionate, down-to-earth help for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, and relationship or parenting concerns. She speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable for someone who may be worried or overwhelmed.

Kriss uses a mix of approaches to suit each person's needs, including work with attachment patterns, emotion-focused methods, and cognitive-behavioral strategies. She pays attention to how past relationships shape present problems and helps clients notice patterns that get in the way of change.

Clients can expect conversations that focus on what matters most to them. Kriss encourages looking at difficult feelings and the life events that triggered them. She also offers practical tools for coping with day-to-day stress, sleeping or eating struggles, and urges related to substance use.

Her background includes 15 years of clinical experience as a California licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT. That experience covers grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, body image and disordered eating, and career or life transitions. She draws on knowledge of attachment and relationships when helping people move toward clearer choices.

Kriss values creativity and often integrates a gentle, exploratory style that fits people who want both insight and practical change. She offers phone and video sessions as well as live chat and text-based messaging when that format better fits a person’s routine. Prospective clients begin with a short matching questionnaire to schedule their first session.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people relate today. Online sessions can help clients notice patterns in bonds and practice new ways of connecting or setting boundaries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating struggles because it breaks problems into clear steps to change. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people recognize and name strong feelings and use that awareness to improve close relationships and intimacy.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kriss will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and choose methods together. That means trying strategies, checking how they feel, and adjusting the plan to match changes over time.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy day and to use brief, ongoing support between longer sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and make consistent care easier to keep up.