- Relationship-focused
- Grief and loss
- Mindfulness-informed
About Krista
Krista Asp is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people find balance in their personal lives and relationships. She centers sessions on practical strategies and steady support so clients can work toward clearer thinking and healthier connections.
Her sessions use client-centered listening alongside techniques from cognitive behavioral methods. This combination lets clients talk through current problems while also trying small, doable changes between meetings. She draws on emotion-focused work to address relationship patterns and attachment concerns.
Krista has six years of clinical experience and works with a wide range of concerns. Common areas she helps with include stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, and parenting and family stress. She also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver strain, cancer, aging and geriatric concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Her background includes postgraduate coursework from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, a CACREP-accredited program, and further professional development in mindfulness-based stress reduction and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Krista works with individuals and couples to address life transitions and healing after loss.
People who choose her often want straightforward guidance, gentle challenge, and a respectful space to sort things out. To get started, visitors are asked to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
Her sessions use client-centered listening alongside techniques from cognitive behavioral methods. This combination lets clients talk through current problems while also trying small, doable changes between meetings. She draws on emotion-focused work to address relationship patterns and attachment concerns.
Krista has six years of clinical experience and works with a wide range of concerns. Common areas she helps with include stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, and parenting and family stress. She also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver strain, cancer, aging and geriatric concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Her background includes postgraduate coursework from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, a CACREP-accredited program, and further professional development in mindfulness-based stress reduction and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Krista works with individuals and couples to address life transitions and healing after loss.
People who choose her often want straightforward guidance, gentle challenge, and a respectful space to sort things out. To get started, visitors are asked to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
Aging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Colorado, Tennessee
Languages
English
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Krista blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral strategies and attachment-informed work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person where they are; it helps people feel heard and make their own choices. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to find small experiments that can reduce anxiety or low mood. Attachment-based ideas help identify how close relationships shape reactions and patterns, which can be useful when addressing relationship or intimacy concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means sessions can shift over time to focus more on skills, emotions, trauma processing, or relationship patterns as progress develops.
Confirm the available session formats before booking so you know what options exist for remote care. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, such as using shorter check-ins on a break, avoiding travel time, or choosing sessions that don’t require being on camera. Licensed professionals can use these adaptations to keep therapy practical and focused on everyday changes.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting and family stress, and related issues like caregiver strain and chronic illness.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a client-centered approach combined with cognitive behavioral and emotionally-focused methods, offering practical steps and reflective listening in sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She completed postgraduate study at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and has continued professional development in mindfulness-based stress reduction and EMDR techniques.
Where is the therapist based and what are her credentials?
She is based in Tennessee and holds the credential LPC, including licensure in Colorado and Tennessee.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work together?
Krista does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.