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Kristen Smith- LAC

I am a Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC) providing therapy for adults throughout New Jersey, with sessions available via secure telehealth and in-person in Hackensack, NJ.

 

My approach is practical, compassionate, and structured. I help clients manage:

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Stress and burnout
  • Grief and loss
  • Caregiving challenges
  • Career stress
  • Relationship changes
  • Major life transitions

Specializing in Support for Helpers I specialize in supporting people who spend their lives helping others. This includes caregivers, healthcare workers, first responders, therapists, business owners, executives, and other high-achieving professionals.

Focused Support for Senior Care & Dementia With an extensive background in senior care, I offer focused support for:

  • Dementia caregiving and Alzheimer’s caregiver stress
  • Anticipatory grief
  • Family role changes
  • Senior care decisions
  • Caregiver burnout

Additional Areas of Support

  • Men’s Mental Health: Addressing stress, emotional regulation, life transitions, and relationship concerns.
  • Business Owners & Executives: Managing leadership pressure, decision fatigue, burnout, and work-life balance.
  • Healthcare Workers & First Responders: Dealing with workplace stress, compassion fatigue, critical incident stress, and trauma exposure.
  • Cancer Patients & Caregivers: Navigating treatment anxiety, diagnosis-related stress, caregiving strain, and grief.
  • Anxiety, Depression & Adjustment Disorder: Using CBT-based techniques for unhelpful thinking, emotional overwhelm, and difficult transitions.
  • Job & Career Counseling: Offering support for toxic workplaces, burnout prevention, and values-based professional growth.

Appointments are available via telehealth anywhere in New Jersey and in person in Hackensack, NJ.

Contact Us

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT APPOINTMENTS ARE NOT CONFIRMED UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY SOMEONE FROM OUR OFFICE. TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.

Office Hours: 
Monday – Friday
11 AM to 9 PM
Saturday
10 AM to 3 PM
Sunday
12 PM to 5 PM
(Additional session times available upon request)

INSURANCE INFORMATION CAN BE SUBMITTED BY CLICKING ON THE “SUBMIT INSURANCE” TAB ON THE HOMEPAGE.

All Inquiries

For all service inquiries, please fill out the form and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
We’ll be happy to answer all your questions, so that your healing begins from the moment you contact us.

Where To Find Us

835 Main St Hackensack NJ 07601
Phone: +1 (201) 678-1802

6603 Fresh Pond Rd 1 FL Ridgewood NY 11385
Phone: +1 (347) 227-8334
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