
Kristin Ansel
Compassionate counseling for life's challenges
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Compassionate counseling for life's challenges
Start with Kristin AnselLicensed · Professional · Cancel Anytime
Kristin Ansel is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan with ten years of clinical experience. She practices in a person-centered way, honoring each client’s priorities and allowing them to decide which topics to address and how deeply to explore them.
She works with a broad range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, anger management, self-esteem difficulties, addictions, LGBT issues, relationship and intimacy-related challenges, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, parenting issues, bipolar disorder, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Her approach emphasizes respect for each person’s unique history and perspective.
Kristin draws from strengths-based and solution-focused models to collaborate with clients on clear, achievable treatment plans tailored to their goals. She uses cognitive-behavioral therapy to help clients examine connections among thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to identify unhelpful thinking patterns that contribute to self-defeating behaviors and beliefs. Kristin supports clients as they practice new communication styles, develop coping skills, engage in mindfulness, and build emotional regulation. When appropriate, clients can rehearse how they want to address concerns with loved ones while Kristin observes and offers honest feedback.
She lives outside of Detroit, Michigan, and enjoys cooking, practicing yoga, traveling to new places, and hiking with her husband and their two dogs. Kristin has experienced many forms of therapy herself and values ongoing personal learning about herself and others. She recognizes that finding the right therapist takes time and courage, and she aims to support clients through both the light and dark times—celebrating accomplishments and offering encouragement as change takes place. Kristin is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan; her license number is 6401012527. She checks messages Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST and on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST, and she will reply promptly.