About Kristen

Kristen Valentine, MSW, LCSW, CTR

I have been providing mental health care for clients from teenagers to seniors for over 25 years. I have worked in various settings including the prison system, hospice, and inpatient and outpatient psychiatric facilities. I have found that the most important thing I can do for my clients is to give them a voice; a place to be heard. I specialize in working with anxiety and panic, mood disorders, grieving and loss, and Narcissistic Abuse. I also have helped many Highly Sensitive Persons (HSP) and Empaths find ways to cope with their unique set of symptoms and issues.

In addition to my experience in traditional therapy practices, I have been involved in a process of exploration of all things spiritual starting from the time I was quite young. I am highly intuitive and have struggled with severe anxiety and depression of my own because I did not understand how to cope with the intensity of my strong sensitivity to everything. I did not really start to feel better until years ago when I learned to integrate spiritual work into my own healing process.

I have my Masters in Social Work and hold a clinical license to practice therapy as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in NJ and PA. In addition to my traditional schooling, I attended a school in Philadelphia for seven years that focused on teaching meditation, yoga science, and spiritual-development, among other things. I have training in Sound Healing, Reiki, and Pranic Healing and although I have been a reader for many years, I achieved formal Certification in Tarot (CTR) at The Tarot School, with Tarot Master, Wald Amberstone in 2023. In 2025, I sat my first of what I hope to be many Vipassana trainings at one of S.N. Goenka’s centers in Claymont, Delaware and maintain a regular meditation practice.