Welcome to Seaford Counseling, where healing, growth, and connection come together. We are dedicated to providing compassionate, professional counseling services for individuals, couples, and families. Whether you're seeking guidance through life's challenges, strengthening your relationship, or improving your mental health, Kristan is an experienced therapist here to support you every step of the way.

No matter where you are in your life or relationship, Kristan is here to provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can explore your feelings, gain insight, and develop the skills necessary to move forward with confidence and peace of mind. Take the first step towards a healthier, happier life today.

Couples, Marriage and Relationhip Counseling

Relationships are one of the most meaningful and important aspects of life; and yet, they can often be fraught with difficulty and challenges. Whether you are experiencing conflict with a partner or spouse, having difficulty communicating, or just want to maintain a close connection with your romantic partner, I can help you navigate the many challenges we face in long-term relationships. At Seaford Counseling, I use my personal and professional experience to provide compassionate care for couples with varied backgrounds, belief systems, and stages of relationships themselves.

Both my professional and my personal experiences have uniquely equipped me to provide counseling for couples, helping them build and strengthen their most important relationships. While there is an abundance of research on romantic and intimate partnerships, I rely heavily on the Gottman Method of couples counseling because it is based on sound research and is proven to be effective. Developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, this method is backed by research that can predict with 96% accuracy which couples will stay together and which will separate.

By identifying the specific behaviors that contribute to divorce, I guide couples in avoiding the common pitfalls of disconnection and resentment. In addition, I equip couples with effective communication strategies and tools to keep their relationship thriving, exciting, and deeply connected.

For more information, visit https://www.gottman.com/about/the-gottman-method/

Individual Counseling

Working with individuals as they forge the paths that will lead to their most meaningful satisfying lives is one of the greatest privileges of my life. I offer counseling for adolescents and adults both virtually and in person.

First I establish rapportv and build trust with a client, while I learn all that I can about their hopes, dreams, challenges and fears. Since life guarantees that we will face obstacles and hardships, I focus on helping clients build their own personal tool kits full of coping mechanisms and ways of becoming resilient.

As a practitioner, I am a "generalist" in that I have a broad and general knowledge base of mental health issues and their latest treatments. However, I also have a few health areas that are "near and dear" specialties. These include but are not limited to the following:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Grief Therapy

  • Body Image Issues

  • Life Transitions

  • Infertility, Pregnancy Loss, Postpartum Depression and Anxiety

  • Social Anxiety

  • Test-taking Anxiety

  • Panic Attacks

  • Chronic Pain/Chronic Illness