Kristen Corkum
Compassionate, skills-based support for change
LPCC California
- Experience
- 13 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Kristen
Kristen Corkum is a California-licensed LPCC who centers her work on evidence-informed strategies such as cognitive behavioral therapy alongside trauma-aware and attachment-focused perspectives.
Background and approach
With 13 years of clinical experience, she draws on training in mental health counseling and behavioral medicine to help people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and the effects of trauma. Her approach emphasizes listening first, then offering practical skills and perspective shifts tailored to each person's needs.
She describes therapy as a collaborative process that strengthens voice, choice, connection, and personal agency. Kristen blends client-centered principles with structured techniques to address mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, attachment issues, and loneliness, helping clients identify patterns that either support or hinder their goals.
She prioritizes building trust and a supportive environment where vulnerability can lead to meaningful change and increased coping capacity.
Practical approaches for online healing and growth
Kristen integrates cognitive behavioral techniques with attachment-informed and client-centered approaches to address symptoms and relational patterns. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete tools for managing anxiety, mood difficulties, and symptoms related to trauma. Attachment-based methods explore how early and current relationship patterns influence emotional responses and connection, which can be helpful for loneliness, relational struggles, and attachment concerns. Client-centered principles emphasize empathic listening and collaboration, creating space for clients to define their goals and feel heard.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and she treats that choice as a collaborative decision. Kristen will discuss options, consider your goals and preferences, and adjust techniques as therapy unfolds so the plan fits your needs rather than following a rigid formula.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and daily life. These options offer flexibility in how and when people engage in work on stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and mood concerns, supporting continuity of care and access from different locations throughout California.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Licensed
California
Languages
English