Dr. Kristen Rumley

Dr. Kristen Rumley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 21 years of experience. She is a USAF veteran who spent eight years on active duty. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Her approach centers on building a strong working relationship and helping people use their own strengths to change behaviors and beliefs.

She has long experience supporting people connected to the military, first responders, and disaster response, and draws on that background when addressing work-related strain and compassion fatigue. She also helps people with relationship and attachment concerns, boundaries, and issues around trust and abandonment.

Her style is direct and genuine. She aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. She encourages practical steps toward personal growth while exploring the stories that shape a person's choices.

Sessions are offered primarily by video, and she is open to phone sessions if that feels more comfortable. She does not offer live chat for 1:1 counseling. International clients are not accepted.

Dr. Rumley uses approaches such as attachment-focused work, client-centered listening, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques to help clients clarify goals, build motivation, and manage intense emotions including anger. Getting started involves using the site's Start Therapy button to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Approach-driven online care that fits your life

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections shape current relationships and feelings. It can help people understand patterns around trust, abandonment, and closeness and is useful when attachment issues or relationship struggles are present.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and experience. The therapist listens without judgment and helps people clarify what matters to them and how to move forward. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and manage intense emotions like anger or anxiety.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. She will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can involve trying a few techniques and adjusting as the work progresses.

She prefers video sessions and will consider phone sessions when that better fits a person's comfort. When planning sessions, many people find online appointments easier to fit into workdays, caregiving schedules, or busy routines, and phone options can make check-ins shorter when needed. Confirm the current session options before booking so arrangements match your practical needs and schedule.