About Kristy
Kristy Groves is a licensed clinical social worker in Missouri who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, and addiction-related concerns. She supports work on self-esteem, motivation, grief, intimacy and relationship difficulties, and life transitions. Kristy emphasizes practical steps and steady support for people who want a more balanced life.
Kristy uses a blend of hands-on somatic ideas and evidence-based talking therapies. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and take meaningful action.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Kristy treats each person as the expert on their life and focuses on small, achievable changes.
Sessions aim to build coping skills, strengthen motivation, and reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life. Kristy holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and has five years of experience as a therapist. She combines that clinical work with earlier roles in the helping professions to shape a practical approach.
People meet with Kristy by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She speaks English and practices from Missouri. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time, and scheduling begins after completing a short matching questionnaire.
How somatic work and talk therapies combine online
Kristy uses somatic ideas to bring attention to body sensations and how they connect to emotions and behavior. That can help with trauma responses, anxiety, sleep problems, and anger by teaching simple grounding and regulation practices you can use between sessions.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. ACT supports people who face avoidance, low motivation, or persistent negative thoughts by focusing on actions that match personal goals.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals and preferences, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps. It is collaborative and paced to what each person can manage.
Online therapy lets people access this combination of body-focused and cognitive work from home. Video calls support guided exercises and real-time feedback. Phone, live chat, and text messaging add flexibility for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to keep consistent progress while fitting therapy into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English