Kristen Gaughan

Kristen Gaughan is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania with 23 years of clinical experience. She chose counseling early in life and has worked in many treatment settings. Kristen focuses on helping people facing stress, addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, and anger. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from York College of Pennsylvania and a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Kristen has treated substance use and process addictions such as gambling and disordered eating, alongside co-occurring mental health concerns. In sessions she aims to create a calm, direct space where people can talk about what’s hard. She uses approaches that encourage exploration of feelings, practical problem solving, and motivated change. Conversations can include looking at patterns from the past and building steps for today. Her background includes long-term clinical work across multiple care settings, which informs how she helps people navigate complicated life changes. She combines listening with tools that support coping, relapse prevention, and rebuilding relationships with self and others. Kristen works with issues that range from grief and caregiver stress to career strain, ADHD, intimacy concerns, and compassion fatigue. She focuses on helping people find more peace, joy, and contentment in daily life. To start, readers follow the site's process to match and schedule a session.

How her approaches translate to online work

Kristen uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person’s experience. That means sessions begin by listening closely and following the client’s lead, helping people feel understood while identifying what they want to change. She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which pays attention to emotional patterns in close relationships and helps people name and shift those patterns. This approach can be useful for intimacy issues, grief, and relationship-related stress. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to figure out which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences. Treatment plans can adjust over time as progress and priorities evolve. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and be scheduled around work or caregiving. Because formats are not listed on the profile, confirm available session types before booking to ensure they meet your needs. Many people find the convenience helps them maintain consistency and build regular coping habits over time.