Marriage & Family Therapist

Kristy L. Newport, LMFT#42341

Kristy L. Newport received her Master's of Art in Marriage Family and Child Counseling from the University of the Pacific.  She holds a MFT License from the State of California (LMFT#42341).  

Kristy specializes in family therapy, adolescents, marital therapy, and individual therapy. 
She specializes in the following areas:

- Couples: balance of power, attachment, developing partnership, developing empathy and

understanding for each other, mutuality, and reigniting the passion and friendship in the relationship.

- Families: conflict skills, blended families, parental/adolescent conflicts, trauma recovery, and developing a bonded family unit.

- Women’s issues in: change, personal & spiritual growth, parenting, depression, anxiety, anger issues, developing boundaries and a stronger sense of self, friendships, empowerment with work and relationships

- Adolescent issues: peer problems, goal achievement, abuse, depression, anxiety, lack of motivation, family conflict, low self-esteem, setting boundaries, and successful communication.

Kristy’s counseling style is to involve the client’s support system throughout therapy in order to help facilitate change and gain a broader perspective of the client.  She comes from a strength’s perspective with the intent of empowering the client to reach his/her fullest potential.  The therapeutic modalities most favored by Kristy include:  cognitive therapy, behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, reality therapy, and emotional focused therapy.  Along with talk therapy, she compliments the therapy process with: inner child work, spiritual strengthening, mindfulness, attachment work, art therapy, journaling, reading/media materials, and positive psychology.   With hope and humor, Kristy considers it an honor to use her expertise to assist you in living your best life.