I am licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Iowa with 6 years of professional work experience. My therapy style and approach draws influence from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, and mild depression. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. I view us as a team, working at finding solutions to the issues you bring to therapy as well as healing from past or present trauma. I will typically respond to messages in 24 hours after receiving them or in 48 hours if it's over the weekend. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage, and I am proud of you for getting started!
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Communication problems, Forgiveness, Life purpose, Self-love, Women's issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy
IA LMHC 00942
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Kristen Udell. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
I have only had two sessions but I can already tell a difference in my mood from day to day. She’s thoughtful and really caring :)
Written on Jan 25, 2025 after therapy with Kristen for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, self esteem, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Always gives me such good advice and tool’s for my therapy. She has definitely helped me with a lot of issues. Highly recommend her
Written on Jan 22, 2025 after therapy with Kristen for 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and career difficulties
I would highly recommend Kristen as a therapist. I did therapy with Kristen for just under a year. She is personable, knowledgeable, funny, positive, and I felt like (and believe) she genuinely cared about me and my success in therapy.
When I started therapy with Kristen, I was not in a good mental space or mindset. I had things from my past I needed to work through, but mainly personal growth in my social abilities. She encouraged me to do things I was afraid to do, like get a psych evaluation, look into anxiety meds, and try things socially that scared me. There were lots of growing pains through this process. But I can confidently say I am a better, more confident version of myself and am so thankful I took the brave step to seek help. I am completely different on the other side of therapy, in the best ways.
You’d be lucky to have Kristen as a therapist. Thank you again, Kristen!
Written on Jan 03, 2025 after therapy with Kristen for 10 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and self esteem
I am new to therapy and have only had a couple of sessions at this point, but I have to say that I am very impressed with Kristen. In between sessions she sends comments on the site and gives me homework assignments. She is very in tune with my wants and needs right from the beginning and I'm already feeling progress in the right direction for myself. I just know I will get the outcome I'm looking for working with Kristen.
Written on Nov 21, 2024 after therapy with Kristen for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Very kind and good listener. Not judge mental and tries her best to help you!
Written on Nov 21, 2024 after therapy with Kristen for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and anger management
Kristen has been the perfect fit for me. She has a respectful acknowledgment of how my faith plays a role in my life and helps me develop solutions that center on that. She challenges me in ways that have helped me recognize when I am sacrificing my own emotional needs over those of other people. She’s helped me get more comfortable and to find healthy ways to communicate my feelings to others. She shares her own experiences or those she knows others have had to provide a variety of options for working through each challenging situation. I’m so grateful I found her!!
Written on Sep 23, 2024 after therapy with Kristen for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, coping with life changes, and adhd