Kristl Bray, LCSW

Kristl Bray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience helping people navigate complex life changes and personal growth. She creates an affirming, compassionate environment where clients can explore identity, relationships, and emotional challenges while building resilience and clearer self-understanding.

Her practice emphasizes person-centered care that honors each individual’s story. Kristl works with clients facing stress and anxiety, relationship and family concerns, identity exploration, and interpersonal communication difficulties. She has particular experience supporting LGBTQ+ individuals, young adults, and people managing social or workplace anxiety.

Kristl integrates well-established, evidence-based methods into a holistic framework, drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered principles. This blend allows her to tailor interventions to the needs and goals of each person, whether the focus is emotional regulation, improving relationships, or navigating midlife transitions. She approaches therapy with empathy, respect, and a commitment to walk alongside clients as they work toward meaningful change and greater self-acceptance.

Approaches and Online Support for Ongoing Growth

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify their values and take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It is useful for managing anxiety, stress, and life transitions by fostering psychological flexibility and purposeful living.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns formed early in life and how they show up in adult connections. It can help people improve intimacy, repair attachment injuries, and navigate family or partnership challenges by strengthening relational awareness and emotional attunement.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration, giving clients space to lead the work while the therapist provides supportive, nonjudgmental guidance. This approach supports identity exploration, self-esteem, and personal growth by centering the client’s experience.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Kristl Bray works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts interventions over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and brief conversations can happen via live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain continuity during transitions, and access licensed professionals from different locations, increasing overall accessibility and consistency of care.