Kristen Stum

CSW

If you're navigating anxiety, working through trauma, or feeling stuck in patterns you can't quite explain, you don't have to sort it out alone.

I'm Kristen Stum, a Clinical Social Worker offering therapy in person and via telehealth to preteens, adolescents, adults, and couples across Southern Utah. I work with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, somatic therapy, and life transitions.

Before moving into clinical practice, I worked at a psychiatric hospital in Northern Utah, supporting teens and adults through some of their most acute mental health struggles. I later transitioned into an intensive outpatient center in Southern Utah treating anxiety, depression, and trauma and a variety mental health struggles. These clinical settings have taught me how to sit with people and their challenges assisting them in change and healing. I am steady, supportive, and willing to hold space for hard conversations. I'm compassionate and direct and eager to help you grow and heal.

Approach and Training

My approach blends the body and the mind. When you're working through anxiety or depression, we'll draw on CBT and DBT, cognitive and dialectical behavior therapy, to build new patterns of thinking and coping. If trauma is part of your story, I bring EMDR and TF-CBT into our work together. For couples, I'm formally trained in EFT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and the Gottman Model which helps you and your partner understand each other on a deeper level as well as break old patterns. I'm also certified in Soma+IQ™ Breathwork, a somatic-focused practice that helps release stored trauma in the body. In somatic-based sessions, we work with and release what is stuck in your nervous system.

My style is warm and direct. I'll meet you where you're at, and we'll move at a pace that works for you.

Outside the office, I spend my time reading, hiking, and adventuring with my family. Give me a good book, time outdoors, or a new place to explore and I'm happy.

Ready to get started? Here's what you need to know.

Insurance & Appointment Scheduling

I accept private pay, third-party pay, and the following insurance plans: Blue Cross Blue Shield, DMBA, EMI, Humana, Medicare, Molina, Molina Medicaid, Optum, PEHP, Select Health Medicaid, Select Health, Triwest (military), Tricare (military), and United Health.

To schedule, call the office at 435-301-6865 and request to work with me.