Kristen Gaughan, LPC

Pennsylvania · 23 years in practice

Kristen Gaughan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 23 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LPC, Pennsylvania: PC006886 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1770776874 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 23
Languages: English

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About Kristen

Kristen Gaughan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 23 years of clinical experience. She practices from Pennsylvania and has worked in many treatment settings over two decades. Kristen helps people facing common and complex struggles and aims to make therapy a practical part of life.

She treats a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and bipolar disorder. She also supports people dealing with grief, career strain, anger, emotional emptiness, and compassion fatigue.

Background and approach

Kristen addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues as well as challenges tied to parenting and blended family dynamics. Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, client-centered techniques, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic ideas, and solution-focused strategies. Sessions tend to focus on understanding what matters most to the client and on small changes that can improve daily life.

Kristen combines listening with clear, goal-oriented steps so people leave with tools they can use between sessions. She has special interest in attachment and abandonment themes, family of origin issues, codependency, and problems connected to caregiving and first responder stress. Kristen also works with people facing substance use and behavioral addictions such as gambling, eating, or spending problems.

Sessions are offered in English, and she sees clients from different places, including international clients. Kristen believes therapy can help people find more peace, joy, and contentment, and she focuses on practical progress matched to each person's needs.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Kristen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Infidelity
Jealousy
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Postpartum depression
Pregnancy and childbirth
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Kristen names

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Online support

Emotion-focused work and practical online care

Kristen combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered methods to help people better understand and express their feelings. EFT-style work focuses on emotional patterns and attachment needs so clients can shift how they relate to themselves and others. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, respect, and helping clients set their own goals in therapy.

She also uses motivational interviewing to support change when people struggle with addiction or mixed feelings about making a change. That approach uses curiosity and practical steps to help someone clarify their goals and build motivation. Together these approaches are used collaboratively so the therapist and client decide which path fits the person's needs and preferences.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual connection matters, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between visits.

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Questions people ask

What types of concerns does Kristen address?

Kristen works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and a variety of addictions. She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, grief, burnout, and many related life concerns.

How would you describe Kristen's therapeutic style?

Her style blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered listening and practical, solution-focused steps. Sessions aim to clarify feelings and set small goals people can use between visits.

What professional background does she bring?

Kristen has 23 years of experience in behavioral health and has worked in a range of treatment settings. She holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and has long focused on both mental health and addiction concerns.

Where is Kristen licensed and located?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania and bases her practice there.

Are services available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She does accept international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Kristen?

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