Therapist profile
Kristyn Nishimoto, LCSW
California
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Anxiety
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, California / LCSW92499
- NPI1902171739
- Experience7 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationCalifornia
About
- Mindfulness strategies
- CBT techniques
- Attachment-informed care
About Kristyn
Kristyn Nishimoto is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with seven years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and changes that come with parenting, work, or life transitions. She also supports those coping with trauma, relationship strain, and workplace issues.
Nishimoto draws on straightforward, skills-based methods in session. She introduces mindfulness tools to quiet intense moments and uses cognitive strategies to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how early relationships affect present reactions, including patterns around anger and communication.
Her background includes work in crisis and community mental health settings where she offered de-escalation and stabilization supports. That practical experience informs short-term problem solving as well as longer-term work on mood and trauma-related concerns. She blends motivational interviewing to help clients clarify goals and stay engaged with change.
Sessions are organized around goals the client names. Kristyn helps people identify small, doable steps toward those goals and practices skills in session. She explains tools plainly and checks in about what is most helpful.
Her training includes a BA in Psychology and Social Behavior from UC Irvine and a Master of Social Work from California State University, Northridge. As a CA LCSW she brings both crisis experience and ongoing clinical practice to common concerns like anger, anxiety, and relationship stress.
How sessions work
How her approaches work in online sessions
Kristyn commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your perspective so goals come from what matters to you. CBT teaches concrete tools to spot thought patterns and practice different responses when anger or anxiety rise.She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions. That approach can help with relationship conflict, chronic resentment, or repeated anger responses by linking present behavior to past patterns and trying new ways of relating.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Kristyn works with clients to identify priorities and then tests practical techniques together. She checks in often and adjusts what she uses based on what the client finds helpful.
If you plan to try online sessions, confirm the specific session formats available before booking. The main practical benefit is being able to fit therapy into everyday life - for example, shorter check-ins during a lunch break, less travel time after work, or options that reduce the need to take a full day off. Kristyn applies the same skill teaching and goal work online as she does in person, helping clients practice new responses to anger in real time.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to anger?
She works with anger alongside stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Anger is listed among the concerns she helps people manage.
What is her therapeutic style for managing temper and reactivity?
She uses mindfulness to de-escalate intense moments and cognitive strategies to identify thinking patterns that feed anger. Sessions focus on practical skills and goal-oriented steps.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience working in crisis and community mental health settings. That work included de-escalation and stabilization supports.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She accepts international clients. Confirm scheduling and time zone details during booking.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up process.
What do I need to do to start a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session. That process sets up an initial meeting.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.