Kristina "Kris" Yates , LMFT

Kristina "Kris" Yates is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and LGBT-related concerns. She emphasizes a straightforward, respectful approach that centers each person's own experience. Kris encourages clients to identify their strengths and take small steps toward change.

With two decades of experience in California, she draws on practical, client-centered methods. Sessions focus on listening carefully and reflecting back what matters most to the client. Conversations move at the client’s pace and aim to build clearer choices for daily life.

Kris often supports people coping with big life changes, compassion fatigue, and the aftermath of abuse. She also addresses issues like attachment and abandonment, body image, chronic illness, communication problems, and mood challenges. Her work includes help with divorce, finances, guilt, and isolation.

In sessions she emphasizes collaboration. She asks where a person is struggling now and what small shifts might make life easier. The goal is to turn insights into practical steps someone can try between meetings.

Her style is plainspoken and steady. Clients can expect thoughtful listening, straightforward feedback, and help naming realistic next steps. Kris speaks English and practices in California as an LMFT.

Client-centered care online and in everyday life

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own experience. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what she hears, and helps the client clarify values and goals. This approach is helpful for stress, anxiety, processing past hurts, and navigating life changes because it builds on what the person already knows about themselves.

The online setting lets those same methods happen through conversation rather than directive instruction. The therapist focuses on understanding what matters most to the client and then collaborates on small, manageable steps. That collaborative process includes checking in on what works and adjusting the plan together as needs change.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls approximate an in-person talk and allow for deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins, quick coping strategies, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on the client's goals and comfort.