Kristen Ayers, LISW

Kristen Ayers is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in Ohio with 11 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for common concerns like anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. Her style is interactive and straightforward. She gives reflective tasks between sessions and explains how strategies work so people can use them day to day.

Kristen often supports people facing life transitions and caregiver strain. She has worked with geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and the emotional challenges that come with aging. Relationship tensions, family conflict, and low self-esteem are also frequent topics she addresses in sessions.

Her clinical approach leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with complementary methods such as Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy. In practice she breaks down thoughts and behaviors into small steps people can try between meetings. She also offers psycho-education so clients understand what they are practicing and why it helps.

Sessions tend to be interactive and goal-oriented. Kristen asks questions, reflects what she hears, and sets manageable tasks to build new habits. People who prefer to be active participants in their care often find this a good fit.

Kristen communicates in English and works with adults in Ohio. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.

CBT and Practical Approaches Delivered Online

Kristen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT breaks problems into manageable pieces and gives concrete skills to use between sessions, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. That approach focuses on clarifying goals and building motivation in a respectful, nonjudgmental way. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set short-term, realistic goals and notice what’s already working, making progress feel more achievable.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Kristen will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then suggest techniques to try. The process is collaborative and adjusts as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video can support face-to-face conversation, phone calls can fit during a work break, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging lets people write when it’s convenient. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep practicing skills between meetings.