Kristen Wells

Kristen Wells earned a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Counseling Psychology from Anna Maria College. She began her career working as a social worker with children and families and has spent the past decade providing therapy to adults, bringing a total of 15 years of clinical experience to her practice.

Kristen is licensed to practice as a mental health counselor in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Her clinical work covers a broad range of concerns, including stress and anxiety, addictions and substance use, mood disorders and depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, grief, family conflicts and parenting challenges, relationship issues and co-parenting, anger management, LGBT-related concerns, self-esteem difficulties, career-related stress, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and support for coping with life changes.

She offers individual, couples and family counseling and has facilitated anger management and relapse prevention groups. Kristen has particular experience treating substance use disorders; she worked as a therapist in a program using the Sinclair Method that reported a 78% success rate for addressing alcoholism and incorporated motivational interviewing techniques in that work. Across her practice she focuses on helping clients develop healthy, lasting coping skills.

Kristen is trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), an approach used in the treatment of acute post-traumatic stress, and she integrates Guided Imagery as part of that process and as a relaxation technique for anxiety, depression and sleep-related concerns.