Kristen Corkum , LPCC

Kristen Corkum is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in California with 13 years of experience delivering mental health services to adolescents, young adults, families, and groups. She holds a Master of Science from the Boston University School of Medicine with a focus on mental health counseling and behavioral medicine, and she is nationally certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), a trauma-informed adaptation of CBT that addresses the effects of traumatic experiences.

Kristen brings extensive experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, anger, and depression. She also works with attachment concerns, isolation and loneliness, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress. Her practice emphasizes enhancing clients' voice, choice, connection, and sense of agency so they can move toward personally meaningful goals.

Her approach is compassionate and human-centered, exploring how life experiences shape a person’s view of self, relationships, and the world, and whether those views help or hinder progress. Kristen prioritizes trust, support, and collaboration, creating space for vulnerability and careful exploration of options for change. She describes the work as a courageous process and aims to support clients as they consider and pursue paths toward healing and growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Kristen uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships influence current patterns of relating, helping clients identify and shift behaviors that affect trust and connection. She also practices Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on empathic listening and supporting the client's own capacity for growth by prioritizing their goals, values, and perspectives. In addition, she applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to help clients identify and reframe unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills for managing symptoms like anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Kristen works together with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds and new priorities emerge.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for busy or geographically dispersed clients. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, therapists can maintain continuity of care, provide timely skill coaching, and fit sessions more easily into daily life. These options make it simpler to access licensed professionals who can support ongoing work toward emotional well-being.