- Warm and interactive
- Goal focused
- Ten years experience
About Kristy
Kristy Hamilton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with self-esteem. Her tone is warm and practical, and she aims to listen first to understand each person's situation.
She draws on ten years of clinical work that includes medical and hospice social work, a role as a program manager and therapist in a dual-diagnosis facility, and time as a behavioral health provider in a clinic. That mix of settings gives experience with addiction, trauma and abuse, caregiving strain, aging issues, and complex medical concerns. Kristy also mentions experience supporting people facing life transitions, workplace problems, hoarding, and obsessive-compulsive patterns.
Kristy uses an interactive, collaborative approach. She discusses what is happening now while also looking at how past events and relationships influence current patterns. Practical strategies are used to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to build healthier ways of relating to others.
Her methods include cognitive-behavioral techniques, attachment-based thinking, client-centered listening, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. These tools are used to set clear goals and to practice changes between sessions.
Kristy has worked in California and Colorado and practices in California now. Her background as a parent and medical social worker informs her work with people juggling caregiving, health, and life changes. She encourages clients to choose short- or longer-term support based on their needs.
She draws on ten years of clinical work that includes medical and hospice social work, a role as a program manager and therapist in a dual-diagnosis facility, and time as a behavioral health provider in a clinic. That mix of settings gives experience with addiction, trauma and abuse, caregiving strain, aging issues, and complex medical concerns. Kristy also mentions experience supporting people facing life transitions, workplace problems, hoarding, and obsessive-compulsive patterns.
Kristy uses an interactive, collaborative approach. She discusses what is happening now while also looking at how past events and relationships influence current patterns. Practical strategies are used to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to build healthier ways of relating to others.
Her methods include cognitive-behavioral techniques, attachment-based thinking, client-centered listening, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. These tools are used to set clear goals and to practice changes between sessions.
Kristy has worked in California and Colorado and practices in California now. Her background as a parent and medical social worker informs her work with people juggling caregiving, health, and life changes. She encourages clients to choose short- or longer-term support based on their needs.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.