Kristi Whitford, LCSW

Kristi Whitford is a Florida licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience supporting adults through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting concerns. She works with people dealing with trauma and abuse, addictions, intimacy-related issues, and other life disruptions. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use day to day.

Kristi draws on client-centered therapy to create a respectful, listening-based environment. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Motivational Interviewing techniques when helpful. These methods help people notice what matters to them and make manageable changes in behavior.

Her background includes work with crisis mental health, trauma, special needs populations, and adjustment struggles. She has helped people navigate adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and the emotional impact of cancer. Family of origin issues and communication problems are noted areas of focus.

In sessions she talks through goals, looks for small steps forward, and checks in about progress. She also works on coping skills for anxiety, strategies for depressive episodes, and ways to address codependency or control issues. Treatment plans are practical and revisited as needed.

Kristi practices in Florida and uses language that is direct and plain. She works with adults on relationship challenges, parenting strain, grief, and longer-standing patterns tied to early family life. People who want a listening, straightforward clinician often choose to begin here.

How Kristi uses ACT and client-centered work online