- Stress and anxiety
- Attachment and trauma
- Adoption and foster care
About Kristi
Kristi Taylor-Sayles is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She also supports those facing family conflict and life transitions. Her work includes attention to adoption and foster care issues and attachment concerns.
She keeps conversations grounded and practical. Sessions are shaped to fit each person’s needs, with clear goals and steps to try between meetings. She listens with respect and sensitivity and encourages small, doable changes that add up over time.
Her background includes practice in child welfare and direct work with families, which informs how she understands caregiving stress and attachment struggles. That experience also shapes her approach to post-traumatic stress and forgiveness work.
Kristi uses an array of therapeutic approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers concrete tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how to build safer connections. Trauma-Focused Therapy provides ways to address past hurt in a paced manner.
With five years of clinical experience as an LICSW and LCSW-C in Maryland and the District of Columbia, she aims for a practical, respectful style. The process begins with a simple conversation about what’s most pressing and what a successful next step would look like for you.
How these approaches work in online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how patterns in close relationships affect feelings and behavior. It helps people identify repeating relationship habits and learn new ways to feel safer and more connected. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills for noticing thoughts and shifting unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and low mood and includes simple exercises to practice between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
If you are considering online therapy, check current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support steady work on attachment, trauma, and stress-related goals through regular, scheduled sessions that fit into everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Credentials
Maryland, District of Columbia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Kristi focus on?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, family conflict, and coping with life changes. Adoption and foster care issues and attachment challenges are also a focus.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and respectful. She tailors conversations and plans to each person and emphasizes small steps that can make a difference between sessions.
What professional background supports this work?
Her background includes practice in child welfare and direct work with families, which informs her approach to caregiving stress, attachment, and post-traumatic concerns.
What credentials does she hold and where does she practice?
She holds LICSW and LCSW-C credentials and practices in Maryland. The LCSW-C is listed for Maryland and the LICSW for the District of Columbia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.