Dr. Kristin Good , CA Psychologist PSY20854

Dr. Kristin Good is a California psychologist with 24 years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, and a wide range of life challenges. She works in English and Spanish and focuses on what matters most to each person. Her approach centers on listening first and building goals together.

She uses a client-centered style that starts with the person, not the diagnosis. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical skills, and small steps that fit daily life. Clients learn tools to handle emotions, improve communication, and reduce symptoms over time.

Dr. Good combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy. She also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for trauma and draws on Jungian ideas when exploring personal meaning. These approaches are selected to match the issue at hand.

Her work often addresses concerns around identity, LGBT matters, gender dysphoria, intimacy, addiction, and eating or sleep problems. She also supports people facing grief, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and major life transitions. She frames problems as opportunities to change and grow.

With two decades in practice, Dr. Good aims to help people feel heard and understood. Many sessions focus on building self-compassion, clearer boundaries, and skills that people can use after therapy ends. She holds the credential CA Psychologist PSY20854 and practices in California.

Approaches to healing and how they work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's goals and values and shaping sessions around what they want to change. It helps people feel heard, clarify priorities, and practice new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. It often includes goal setting, behavioral experiments, and skill practice between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. It can be especially useful for people who need tools to manage intense emotions and improve relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That conversation can change as progress is made and new priorities appear.

Online therapy can make regular care easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls let people work face to face without travel, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps keep momentum between appointments. These options let people practice skills in real time and use formats that fit their schedules and routines.