Kirsten King

Kirsten King is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with more than two decades of therapy experience. She helps people facing stress, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, and relationship struggles. Her style is calm and nonjudgmental, and she focuses on helping people find practical ways to cope and move forward.

King has worked across rural settings and maintained a private practice, giving her a broad view of everyday life stressors. Her background includes work with people affected by domestic violence and long experience supporting those with trauma and abuse histories. She also relates to military life from many angles and understands how that context can shape challenges at home and work.

In sessions she draws on several established approaches, including acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, and attachment-informed methods. King uses these tools to help people notice patterns, reduce unhelpful reactions, and build new skills for handling intense feelings like anger or overwhelm.

People can expect talks that are straightforward and paced to fit busy lives. King often focuses on small, doable changes that make daily life easier. She aims to help people feel steadier, sleep better, and manage emotions with more control.

Her Montana practice serves adults coping with issues such as ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and life transitions. She also supports those working through family of origin problems, communication struggles, and the fallout of separation or divorce.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them. It focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful steps toward a life you care about. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationship patterns affect current reactions and helps people build steadier ways of relating and coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying one approach first, then adding skills from another as the work unfolds.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session options before you book. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some approaches lend themselves to homework and skill practice between meetings, which can fit well with virtual sessions. Discuss scheduling and format when you start so sessions match your daily routine and goals.