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Kriss Light, LMFT

  • Experience15 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Kriss

Kriss Light is an LMFT based in California with 15 years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, substance concerns, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She frames therapy as a collaborative exploration that brings previously unconscious feelings into view so clients can respond to life with greater clarity and self-acceptance. Kriss writes from a depth psychology perspective and integrates language about inner parts and self-states to help clients understand recurring patterns without judgment.

Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy and body-image issues, parenting and fatherhood questions, and eating or sleeping difficulties. Kriss also attends to attachment-related struggles, codependency, control and dependent personality traits, and compassion fatigue that can arise in caregiving roles.

She blends client-centered listening with structured techniques to support emotional processing and practical coping. Clients seeking a therapist who combines reflective, person-focused work with evidence-informed methods will find Kriss approachable and steady.

She offers intake conversations to help determine fit and can provide referrals when another clinician would be a better match.

Working with Inner Parts and Attachment Online

Kriss commonly uses Internal Family Systems ideas to help clients notice and dialogue with different internal parts, such as protective patterns and vulnerable feelings, which can clarify why certain reactions recur and how to relate to them more gently. Attachment-Based Therapy is also a frequent framing she uses to explore relational patterns formed in early bonds and to build more supported ways of connecting with others. Client-Centered Therapy underpins her stance by prioritizing empathic listening and feedback so clients feel heard and respected as they explore difficult material.

Choosing the best combination of approaches is treated as a collaborative process. Kriss partners with each person to determine which methods fit a client’s needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as therapy unfolds rather than imposing a single technique from the start.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity during busy periods, manage practical barriers to attendance, and try different ways of communicating while working on emotional exploration and coping skills.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can be addressed in sessions?
Kriss works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, addictions, parenting and career challenges.
How would you describe the therapy style and approach?
The approach blends depth-oriented, client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques such as CBT, EFT, and attachment-based ideas to explore emotional patterns and build coping skills.
What is Kriss Light’s professional background?
She holds 15 years of experience working in clinical settings and draws on depth psychology alongside contemporary therapeutic methods to support clients through life transitions and trauma.
What credentials and location does Kriss hold?
Kriss is a licensed marriage and family therapist with the credential CA LMFT 78311 and practices in California.
In what languages can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to their preferences and Kriss’s availability.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefDepression

Also works with

AddictionsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBody imageCodependencyControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSex addictionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen'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 MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English