Dr. Kristen Dreyfus, LMFT

Dr. Kristen Dreyfus is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing relationship strain, stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma and abuse. She works with individuals navigating life changes, parenting challenges, and questions about identity and intimacy. Her tone is practical and supportive, with attention to everyday struggles.

Dr. Dreyfus draws on approaches that center emotional connection and present-moment awareness. She often uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy techniques help people map and change interaction cycles that keep problems stuck.

Mindfulness practices are braided into sessions to help with overwhelming emotions, sleep problems, and anger. She also uses solution-focused strategies to set small, manageable goals and motivational interviewing when people want help making lasting changes.

Her work commonly addresses family-of-origin issues, communication problems, and caretaking stress. She supports people dealing with chronic illness or pain, divorce and separation, and workplace strain. Attention to abandonment and attachment wounds is a frequent thread in her practice.

With 17 years of experience, Dr. Dreyfus aims to create a space where clients notice what’s keeping them stuck and try practical steps forward. She explains ideas plainly and helps people build skills they can use between sessions.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Dr. Dreyfus often blends attachment-based ideas with Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and change interaction patterns. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship experiences shape present responses, while EFT helps identify and shift the emotional cycles that keep problems repeating. Both approaches are helpful for relationship strain, intimacy issues, and trauma-related patterns.

She also uses mindfulness techniques to help with stress, sleep problems, and emotional regulation. Mindfulness practice in sessions may include simple grounding exercises and short attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Dreyfus will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and daily life. That choice can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Session-format details should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific online options. Many people find online therapy helpful because it can fit into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and make it easier to attend regular check-ins. If you want to explore online sessions, confirm current session options when you start the booking process.