Kristin Puleo, LMHC

Kristin Puleo is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure which step to take next. She often sees people dealing with anxiety, stress, relationship strain, grief, mood swings, and intimacy-related issues. Kristin writes plainly and uses a direct, down-to-earth approach so conversations feel like talking to a clear-headed guide.

She brings 14 years of clinical experience to each session and focuses on finding the sources of discomfort. Kristin works with clients to identify patterns that get in the way, then creates a plan to remove those blocks and reach practical goals. Her style mixes straightforward feedback with gentle humor to make difficult topics more approachable.

Sessions follow a collaborative rhythm: listen first, then try strategies, and adjust based on what helps. She draws on methods like cognitive behavioral work to change unhelpful thinking and attachment-focused ideas to improve how people relate to others. Kristin also integrates acceptance and commitment ideas for moving forward despite hard feelings.

Her background includes supporting people through trauma, addiction concerns, parenting strain, ADHD challenges, and transitions like divorce or career change. Kristin pays attention to both emotions and everyday functioning so progress feels useful in daily life.

She welcomes international clients and offers services that aim to be practical, goal-oriented, and paced to each person's readiness to work through triggers and try new perspectives.

How Kristin’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice uncomfortable thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that align with their values; this can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in relationships and helps people build healthier ways of connecting and responding to others, which can be useful for relationship stress and intimacy concerns.

Kristin treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She listens to goals and preferences, then suggests methods to try. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan so work feels relevant and doable.

The therapist biography does not specify particular online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow quicker check-ins during a workday. It can also make it simpler to continue care when circumstances change. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and attachment-focused work to conversation, exercises, and between-session tasks so progress can happen across sessions.