Dr. Kristen Rumley, LCSW

Dr. Kristen Rumley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 21 years of experience. She is a USAF veteran who spent eight years on active duty. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and motivation concerns. Her background includes long-term work with first responders and disaster response settings.

Kristen focuses on relationship and attachment concerns. She helps people talk through boundaries, communication problems, and intimacy-related struggles. Her approach centers on building a trusting therapeutic relationship so people feel heard and understood.

She blends client-centered work with attachment-focused ideas to explore how past relationships affect present choices. Mindfulness and narrative techniques are used to slow down difficult thoughts and reframe personal stories. Motivational interviewing supports people who are trying to change behaviors, like those related to addictions or self-care.

Sessions aim to be direct and practical. Kristen helps clients set clear, realistic goals and tries to make progress feel manageable. She emphasizes strengths and helps people identify the skills they already have.

Her experience in military and first responder contexts informs how she approaches stress and trauma-related issues. People who have faced abrupt life changes or demanding careers may find this background relevant when addressing grief, compassion fatigue, or career strain.

Starting therapy with Kristen involves a straightforward process and an emphasis on collaboration. She prefers video sessions but is open to phone calls for those who need them, and she does not offer live chat for 1:1 counseling.

How these approaches translate to online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships. In online work this means noticing patterns in how someone connects or withdraws and trying new ways to relate during conversations. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people find their own direction. Online sessions give space for people to speak at their pace and clarify what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then together they will decide which methods to emphasize. This is a collaborative process that can change as progress is made.

Please confirm current session options before booking. The therapist has stated a preference for video sessions and is open to phone when that feels better for the client; she does not offer live chat for 1:1 counseling. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people join from different locations while keeping therapy consistent.