Kristian Skillman, LMFT

Kristian Skillman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with more than 15 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through difficult transitions and personal challenges. She creates a warm, supportive environment where clients can feel heard and develop practical strategies to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and address depression. Her work includes helping people cope with grief, process past trauma, and restore emotional connection after separation or loss.

Using evidence-based therapeutic techniques, Kristian guides clients toward greater clarity and lasting change by combining practical skills with compassionate understanding. She addresses communication difficulties, parenting concerns, and relationship strain with an emphasis on rebuilding trust and improving day-to-day functioning. Clients seeking support for life purpose, forgiveness, guilt, shame, or feelings of isolation will find a collaborative partner who prioritizes their goals and helps them reconnect with themselves and with those who matter most.

Evidence-Based Approaches Delivered Online

Kristian applies trauma-informed methods that help people process and integrate difficult experiences in a paced, supportive way - these approaches are often used when addressing past abuse, post-traumatic stress, or unresolved grief. She also uses relationship-focused family therapy techniques that explore patterns of communication and interaction to improve connection and problem solving for couples and families. In addition, Kristian incorporates skills-based strategies for stress and anxiety that teach practical tools for managing overwhelming emotions and improving daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Kristian works collaboratively with each person to determine which techniques best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This partnership helps shape a treatment plan that can evolve as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible access to these evidence-based approaches through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity during life transitions, and connect with a licensed professional from home or elsewhere when in-person visits are not feasible.