Kristen Ora, LMSW, CAADC, is a fully licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor with extensive professional experience assessing and treating adults, children and families. Kristen has a warm, kind, hopeful, non-judgmental and supportive style. Kristen is committed to helping you feel safe, respected and connected so a self-paced healing journey may begin. Kristen will help you identify and use your own strengths, natural talents, personal interests and support system to develop and use wellness and coping skills. Wellness is an active ongoing process of cultivating self-awareness, using skills and making decisions that will help you become more resilient to life stress and to live a more balanced, healthy and fulfilling life. Kristen helps adults, children and families with the following life challenges: Stress / Life Transitions Anxiety / Fear / Phobias Sadness / Depression / Anger / Self-Harm Poor Body Image / Sexuality Issues Low Self-Confidence / Low Esteem Illness / Pain Caregiver Fatigue Grief / Loss / Infertility / Pregnancy Loss Trauma Substance Use /Co-Dependency Academic / Behavior Problems /Bullying Inattentiveness / Hyperactivity / Impulsiveness Child Parent Relationship Problems Strained Relationships / Domestic Violence Separation / Divorce Co-Parenting / Blended Families LGBTQIA