Kristi Cash White (she/her)

I would imagine almost everyone experiences challenges at some point in their life related to transitions. From teenagers figuring out who they are and what they believe to those in mid-life wondering if they are on the best path to retirees asking, "What now?" as they face an empty nest, I work with people as they navigate life stages and reimagine their personal identities.

Our early experiences with primary caregivers can set the stage for how one approaches relationships throughout life. I work with clients to establish a trusting client-counselor relationship that can be used as a blueprint for strengthening other relationships and can serve as a foundation for vibrant mental health.

Everyone knows that the teen years can be fraught with challenges. I see teens as incredibly capable, resilient, and thoughtful people who need an immense amount of support and encouragement as they navigate the tumultuous years of building valuable relationships, identity, and independence.

Narrative therapy allows people to explore the experiences of their lives and the meanings they have placed on those experiences. It is a respectful, non-blaming approach that centers people as the experts in their own lives. Narrative therapy sees people as separate from their problems and behaviors, allowing clients to examine their choices from a healthy and helpful distance.

Mindfulness therapy helps clients develop a deeper awareness of their thoughts, emotions, feelings, surroundings, and situations. Mindfulness-based therapies use meditation, relaxation, and awareness exercises to help focus on the present moment, aiming over time to experience everyday situations and stressors in nonjudgmental and non-reactionary ways.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) helps clients accept their thoughts and feelings while committing to living according to their values. Utilizing mindfulness, attention to values, and commitment to action, ACT aims to develop and expand psychological flexibility as clients learn to accept feelings that they may have been trying to avoid, deny, or repress, using those as motivators to change behaviors.

An attachment-based approach to therapy looks at the connection between a client's early attachment experiences with primary caregivers and the client's ability to form healthy emotional and physical relationships as an adult. Attachment-based therapy aims to build a trusting, supportive relationship between the client and counselor that will be used as a blueprint for other relationships and to alleviate mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.

An attachment-based approach to therapy looks at the connection between an client's early attachment experiences with primary caregivers and the client's ability to form healthy emotional and physical relationships as an adult. Attachment-based therapy aims to build a trusting, supportive client-counselor relationship that will serve as a blueprint for other relationships and help alleviate mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.