Kristy Hamilton, LCSW

Kristy Hamilton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in California. She brings ten years of clinical experience and a practical, warm style to sessions. She is comfortable addressing stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges that come with chronic illness or caregiving.

Clients notice a collaborative approach. Kristy listens first to understand what is happening now. She then helps identify small, doable changes in thinking and behavior that can make daily life easier. Her work often focuses on present problems while acknowledging how past experiences shape current reactions.

Her background includes medical and hospice social work, a role as a program manager in a dual-diagnosis facility, and work as a clinic behavioral health provider. That variety gives experience with addiction, mood disorders, family conflict, and life transitions. Kristy also draws on the perspective gained from raising a family and time spent living abroad.

In sessions she uses client-centered work alongside cognitive behavioral and attachment-based ideas. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness skills are also part of her approach when helpful. The pace is collaborative and practical, with tools and small experiments to try between meetings.

Kristy’s practice is focused on helping people cope with current stressors, manage mood and anxiety, and navigate complex caregiving or health-related challenges. She aims to support either short-term problem solving or longer-term work, depending on each person’s goals and situation.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Kristy integrates client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people manage everyday problems and mood symptoms. Client-centered work means conversations that prioritize the person’s perspective and goals, which helps when sorting out relationship or caregiving stress. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes to improve mood and sleep.

She also draws from attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. That approach can help with intimacy and communication concerns by naming familiar interaction styles and practicing new responses. Together, these methods are used collaboratively so the person and therapist decide what feels most useful.

Many people find online therapy easier to fit into a busy life because sessions can be scheduled around work, caregiving, or medical appointments. This practice offers flexible scheduling, and the therapist will work with each person to pick session times and a format that match their needs. Confirm the current session options before booking to make sure they match your situation.