Kristi Kangas , LCSW

Kristi Kangas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, sleep problems, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at helping people feel steadier and more capable.

Kristi uses a compassionate, non-judgmental approach to help people talk through difficult emotions. Sessions focus on identifying patterns, building coping skills, and setting small goals that fit into a busy life. She emphasizes clear communication and strategies that can be used right away.

Her background includes long-term work with mood disorders, panic and phobic reactions, and obsessive and compulsive behaviors. She also supports people facing chronic pain, illness, and the challenges that come with aging. Kristi pays attention to issues like guilt, shame, and loneliness, and helps people find new ways to move forward.

People who have struggled with impulse control, hearing impairment, or challenges around life purpose and midlife transitions often find practical tools in her sessions. She blends clinical experience with a straightforward focus on what changes will help most. The result is therapy that aims to relieve immediate distress while building long-term resilience.

Kristi is licensed as an LCSW in California and Nevada and practices from Nevada. Sessions are offered in English and provided through several online formats to fit different needs.

Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care

Kristi draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building skills people can use day to day. One approach emphasizes behavioral strategies to change unhelpful routines and improve sleep, mood, and concentration; it helps when anxiety, depression, or ADHD get in the way of functioning. Another approach targets anxious and obsessive patterns through gradual exposure and response practice, which reduces avoidance and the urge to perform compulsive behaviors over time.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kristi collaborates with each person to figure out which techniques match their goals, comfort level, and pace. She adjusts methods over time based on what helps most, so therapy is tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations that benefit from face-to-face interaction, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed, and chat or messaging lets people stay connected between sessions or fit brief check-ins into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.