Kristina Hentges, LPC

Kristina Hentges is a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than 12 years of experience. She offers calm, practical support for people dealing with stress and anxiety. Her approach is warm and straightforward, and she treats seeking help as a strong step toward change.

Kristina focuses on helping people manage anxiety, mood concerns, trauma and addiction. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related struggles, including attachment and abandonment worries. Common topics she addresses include panic attacks, social anxiety, guilt and shame, and workplace stress.

Her work centers on listening first, then offering tools and perspective that fit each person’s life. Sessions involve talking through current problems, setting small goals, and practicing skills between meetings. Kristina emphasizes realistic steps that can be used day to day.

She holds LPC credentials in Alaska and Texas and brings a dozen years of practice to sessions. Her style blends practical techniques with steady support to help people move through painful moments and toward clearer choices.

Kristina prefers to provide counseling by video or audio only. If that format works for you, she asks that you complete the Start Therapy questionnaire and schedule a session on the platform.

Practical approaches for online work and coping skills

Kristina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life change and symptom relief. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches concrete strategies for managing anxiety and panic, such as breathing or grounding exercises and short behavioral experiments to reduce avoidance. This helps people handle acute worry and regain confidence in daily routines.

Another approach focuses on processing trauma and difficult emotions through gradual exposure and paced reflection. This method helps people reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and build coping skills for triggers that show up at work or home.

Finding the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns, discuss options, and tailor techniques to your needs and goals. You and the therapist check in about what is helping and adjust the approach together.

Kristina prefers to work by video or audio only, so confirm session options when you book. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, avoid travel time, and keep check-ins brief when needed. Talk with her about scheduling and what will work best for your routine.