Kristl Bray , LCSW

Kristl Bray is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience supporting people through complex life transitions and personal growth. She focuses on creating compassionate, affirming spaces where individuals can explore identity, relationships, and everyday stressors while building resilience and clearer self-understanding.

Her work includes deep experience with LGBTQ+ clients, young adults, and those coping with social anxiety, workplace pressures, and communication challenges. Drawing on a person-centered, holistic orientation, she integrates evidence-based methods to help clients develop practical skills and stronger connections with themselves and others.

Kristl is especially committed to guiding people through life-stage shifts such as midlife transitions and relationship changes, as well as periods of identity exploration. Whether addressing anxiety, seeking greater self-acceptance, or navigating complicated emotions, she offers steady professional support characterized by empathy, respect, and collaborative problem solving.

Approaches that guide online care and connection

Kristl Bray brings together therapeutic approaches that emphasize values, relationships, and the client as the center of the work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and learn practical ways to act in line with those values while accepting difficult emotions - it is useful for anxiety, life transitions, and coping with ongoing stress. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and early relational experiences to improve current connections and emotional safety; it often helps with intimacy issues, attachment difficulties, and relationship repair. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and collaboration, giving people space to lead sessions while the therapist offers support and reflection to foster self-understanding and personal growth.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristl works with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds so the work remains practical and relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people access care. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, clients can engage with licensed professionals from different locations, schedule sessions around busy lives, and maintain continuity of care during transitions or travel.