Kristine Bartos, LCSW

Kristine Bartos is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Florida who focuses on helping adults cope with stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, grief, and life changes. She combines practical skill teaching with a warm, encouraging manner so people can make steady progress toward goals. Her style balances structure and empathy to keep work focused and useful.

Kristine draws heavily on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. She also uses psychodynamic ideas when it helps to understand older patterns that still affect daily life. Mindfulness practices are woven in to support awareness and grounding during difficult moments.

Sessions emphasize building coping skills that are helpful right away. Kristine often frames work around concrete steps and measurable progress so people can see change. Motivational Interviewing is used when making shifts feels especially hard or when someone is weighing choices about substance use.

With three years of post-qualification experience, Kristine has worked in medical settings providing counseling and crisis support for a wide range of issues. Her background includes supporting people facing chronic or serious medical conditions alongside mental health needs. She adapts her approach to each person rather than using a single method for everyone.

Kristine offers therapy in English and works with adults on concerns such as relationships, parenting stress, career strain, trauma, intimacy issues, and compassion fatigue. She does not accept international clients and practices within Florida.

How ACT, CBT, and Motivational Interviewing look online

Kristine uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns; online CBT sessions often focus on specific skills and step-by-step practice that can be done between meetings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take actions that match those values while accepting difficult feelings; this approach can be helpful for long-standing anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Motivational Interviewing supports people who are weighing change, including when addressing substance use, by drawing out personal motivation and building readiness for action.

Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Kristine will work with each person to identify goals, test different strategies, and adjust methods as needs and preferences become clearer. The first sessions often focus on what feels most urgent and practical.

Confirm the specific session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also support steady skill practice between meetings so progress can continue in everyday life.