Kriss Light, LMFT
Clear, story-focused therapy for real life struggles
Details
| Name | Kriss Light |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 15 |
About Kriss
Kriss Light is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. She speaks plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person. Kriss aims to make therapy feel like a clear conversation about real life.
Kriss draws on Narrative Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to look at how life stories and close bonds shape feelings and behaviors. She also uses Client-Centered and cognitive strategies to help people name patterns and try new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer self-understanding, and small experiments to test different choices. With 15 years of experience in California, Kriss has worked with many issues around trauma, addictions, parenting, intimacy, body image, and life transitions. She pays attention to family of origin concerns, abandonment, and separation experiences when those themes come up.
Her approach keeps the person's goals central and moves at a pace that feels manageable. Kriss often uses straightforward conversation, reflective listening, and structured tools when helpful. She can help with sleep and eating struggles, anger and self-esteem work, career changes, and coping with aging or caregiving demands.
Practical coping skills are paired with efforts to shift long-standing patterns. People who choose Kriss can expect a collaborative process that respects their values and daily realities. She offers phone, video, chat, and text messaging sessions to fit different schedules.
The first step is a short matching questionnaire and scheduling to decide what feels right.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Kriss works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Kriss among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Kriss directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Kriss directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and attachment ideas work online
Kriss brings Narrative Therapy ideas into online work by helping people tell and reframe the stories that shape their reactions. This approach looks at how past events and personal narratives influence daily choices and relationships, which can help with grief, identity questions, and recurring relationship patterns.Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early bonds affect current closeness and trust. In-session conversations focus on identifying relational patterns and practicing new ways of connecting, useful for intimacy concerns, separation issues, and parenting stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kriss collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adjusts techniques as new information emerges, and prioritizes what feels most useful in everyday life.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity during transitions.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Kriss commonly address?
Issues include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting challenges, sleep and eating problems, and career or life transitions.
What is Kriss' general approach in sessions?
She uses Narrative and Attachment-Based ideas alongside client-centered and cognitive techniques to help people tell their story, recognize patterns, and try new responses in daily life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Kriss has 15 years of experience working with a range of emotional and relational concerns in California.
What credential does Kriss hold and where is she based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently taking international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Kriss?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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