Kristen Gennety, LMSW

Kristen Gennety is a licensed social worker who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She holds an LMSW, and she draws on four years of professional experience in Michigan. Kristen aims to make beginning therapy less intimidating by meeting people where they are. Her approach emphasizes building an open, compassionate space that fits each person’s strengths. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to address symptoms like anxiety, depression, and impulsivity. Kristen also brings elements of attachment-based work and dialectical behavior therapy into sessions when they match a client’s needs. She often helps people talk through relationship strain, intimacy-related worries, communication problems, and feelings of isolation or abandonment. She also supports concerns around body image, eating and food-related issues, compassion fatigue, and career stress. Clients looking for help with ADHD, bipolar-related challenges, grief, or trauma and abuse can expect a straightforward, skills-oriented focus alongside emotional support. Kristen values humor and personal strengths as part of change. She works collaboratively, listening first and tailoring goals to what each person wants to accomplish. Sessions aim to balance concrete strategies with space to process difficult feelings. If someone is nervous about starting therapy, Kristen acknowledges that step and encourages reaching out to see if her style feels like a fit.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that align with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new, healthier behaviors; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and mood regulation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections, which can help with intimacy-related concerns and communication problems. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to try techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means picking strategies together and adjusting them over time rather than promising one fixed method from the start. Confirm which online session formats are currently offered before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the profile. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing commute time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and enabling participation from a convenient location. These practical benefits can help people maintain consistency with skill practice and make therapy a workable part of everyday schedules.