Kristine Mills, LPCC

Kristine Mills is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in New Mexico with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and LGBTQ-related concerns. Kristine approaches each person with respect for their strengths and the belief that they know their story best.

She encourages small, practical steps toward change. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Kristine listens for patterns in relationships, coping, and self-image, then helps clients try new ways of responding to old problems.

Her background includes work with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, and career stress. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. Kristine draws on several evidence-informed methods to match the work to the person's needs.

Approaches include acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and commit to workable actions. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. Attachment-based thinking helps when relationship patterns or abandonment issues cause pain.

Kristine frames therapy as a collaborative process. She helps clients set manageable goals and tracks progress together. The tone is practical, encouraging, and direct, aimed at real-world change rather than abstract theory.

How her approaches translate to online work

Kristine uses acceptance and commitment principles to help people name their values and pick small steps that fit their life. This approach supports coping with midlife transitions, anxiety, and feelings of emptiness by focusing on what matters most rather than on eliminating all difficult feelings.

Cognitive behavioral work in sessions looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. She helps clients test new behaviors between sessions and notice what changes, which can be useful for stress, depression, sleep problems, and negative self-image.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Kristine collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and daily reality. She will adjust the focus over time based on what is and isn’t helping.

Session options are not listed in the original profile, so confirm current session formats before booking. Many people find online or remote therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins during a break, or remove travel time. Talk with Kristine when you schedule to learn which formats she offers and how she can help you fit therapy into your routine.