- Attachment focus
- Trauma-informed
- Skill-based
About Kirstina
Kirstina Quast is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Minnesota who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, and money and financial issues. She works with adults who are sorting through life changes, mood concerns, addiction struggles, and relationship or intimacy issues. Her tone is practical and down-to-earth, focused on real steps rather than jargon.
She brings nine years of clinical experience and a background across adult and children’s mental health, residential treatment, child welfare, and adoption and foster care services. That variety informs how she sees family stress, blended household dynamics, and adoption-related challenges.
Her approach adapts to each person. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns, client-centered listening to prioritize what matters to you, and cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and actions. She also includes narrative and experiential methods and can use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when trauma processing is needed.
Sessions emphasize practical problem solving and creative options that fit everyday life. Kirstina aims to help people build coping skills, manage difficult feelings, and make steady progress toward their goals. She frames clients as the experts in their own lives while offering tools and perspectives to move forward.
If you are considering therapy for anxiety, grief, parenting stress, or financial strain, she invites you to explore what might help and to take a next step toward support.
How her approaches shape online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds influence current reactions. It helps people understand trust, closeness, and caregiving issues that affect family and intimate connections. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client’s lead. The therapist reflects what she hears, helps clarify values and goals, and supports people in making choices that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going. It offers tools to test and change unhelpful thoughts, build coping skills, and try new behaviors between sessions. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options and collaborate with each person to pick methods that match goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration can include blending approaches as issues evolve. Confirm what session formats are currently offered before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce commute time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people work through relationship dynamics and trauma-focused work from their routine settings without a long trip.Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is flexible and practical. She combines listening with concrete strategies, creative problem solving, and goal-focused work.
What relevant experience does she bring?
She has nine years of psychotherapy experience and has worked in adult and children’s mental health, residential treatment, child welfare, and adoption and foster care services.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Minnesota licensed independent clinical social worker - MN LICSW - and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.