Kristen Gonzalez

Kristen Gonzalez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who specializes in treatinganxiety, depression, trauma, adjustment/life transitions, relationship issues, and stress in adults.Kristen has 6 years of experience working with individuals from different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. She completedher master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at Boston College. Kristen understands that everyone’s life experiences are unique, therefore she utilizes a warm, nonjudgmental, and supportive approach to meet her clients where they are and to deeply understand her clients’ life experiences and backgrounds. Hertherapeutic approach is integrative, incorporating psychodynamic therapy to explore clients’ past experiences and their influence on present behaviors, as well as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to change maladaptive patterns of thinking that may impact everyday functioning. Kristencollaboratively works together with her clients to explore the root of their presenting …concerns; to enhance their self-awareness and personal growth; and to develop skills and techniques to alleviate their symptoms.