Kriss Light, LMFT

Kriss Light is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people facing midlife transitions and other major life changes. She offers a calm, curious presence for anyone feeling stuck by stress, grief, relationship pain, or questions about identity and purpose. Kriss speaks plain language and focuses on helping people notice patterns that make life harder to manage.

Kriss brings 15 years of clinical experience to sessions. Her work draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, emotionally-focused methods, and EMDR. She combines practical strategies for managing symptoms with deeper conversation about personal meaning and life stories. Sessions aim to make difficult feelings clearer and easier to handle.

People often come for help with anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating issues, parenting concerns, and career or self-esteem problems. She also supports those coping with abandonment, attachment questions, divorce and separation, and aging concerns. Conversations cover both day-to-day coping and longer-term life shifts.

Kriss describes therapy as a joint exploration. She listens for recurring themes and helps clients test new behaviors between sessions. Her background in comparative religion and a creative life in music inform an approach that welcomes imagination, symbolism, and personal values.

To begin, readers should use the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire. That matches you to Kriss and offers scheduling based on therapist availability.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Kriss commonly uses attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral approaches. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and helps people notice patterns that repeat. Client-centered therapy focuses on accepting, nonjudgmental listening that lets people tell their story and find their own solutions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Kriss will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences. Together they decide which ideas and exercises to try first and adjust the plan as needed over time.

Please confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when life is hectic. Sessions can focus on symptom management, practice of new behaviors between meetings, and deeper work about meaning and relationships - all tailored to what the client wants to achieve.