- Attachment based work
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- EMDR for memories
About Kirstina
Kirstina Quast is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Minnesota with nine years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and family of origin issues. Her practice also includes support for trauma and abuse, grief, compassion fatigue, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career or life transitions.
She has worked across adult and children’s mental health, residential treatment, child welfare, and adoption and foster care services. That background informs a practical, problem-solving style. Sessions focus on clear steps people can use between meetings, not just talking about feelings.
Kirstina draws from several approaches to match what a person needs. She uses attachment-based approaches to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for people processing distressing memories.
Her style is client-centered and strengths focused. She helps people set goals, try simple experiments, and track what changes. With adoption and foster care experience, she pays attention to attachment and family history when those topics come up.
Practical concerns like parenting stress, blended family strain, fertility and end-of-life caregiving are part of her work. People who want direct feedback, concrete tools, and a focus on breaking old family patterns may find this approach useful.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions using this approach focus on identifying repeated roles and expectations that come from family of origin experiences and on trying different ways of relating in daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. It involves setting clear goals, testing small changes between sessions, and reviewing what helped. EMDR addresses distressing memories by using guided procedures to reduce the emotional intensity tied to those memories and can be used when people want to process trauma-related material.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review goals, history, and preferences together and recommend approaches that match what the person wants to address. That decision is collaborative and can change as work progresses.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter or more frequent check-ins when helpful. They also let people try therapeutic tools in their usual surroundings and then discuss what did or did not work at the next meeting.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports adults with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, family of origin issues, trauma, grief, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and practical, with a focus on problem solving and steps people can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working in mental health, residential treatment, child welfare, and adoption and foster care services.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a LICSW, licensed in Minnesota, and practices in that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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