Learn More About Krista!
Krista has worked in clinical private practice setting since 2007. Krista resides locally and is the mom of four children, including one child with special needs.
Krista has a broad range of experience. She provides individual, couple, and family-based intervention, treatment, diagnosis, counselling and support. She has worked with clients from preschool-aged to the elderly and provides counselling to families and couples.
Krista has experience working with a culturally diverse population. In addition, she specializes in offering counselling and support to transgender and gender diverse populations including counselling for those in non-traditional family structures. Krista provides individual and family-based counselling to those struggling with 2SLGBTQIA+ issues. Krista also provides consultation to those looking to better understand 2SLGBTQIA+ issues.
Krista is the clinician that offers marital and relationship counselling at East Plains Counselling & Assessment. She is comfortable and experienced working with clients from a variety of family structures including nuclear, step-families, same-sex, and polyamorous families. She recognizes that each family requires an individualized approach and works to ensure the counselling meets the needs of all family members.
Krista has experience using a variety of empirically (research) based diagnostic, assessment, intervention, and treatment strategies in many areas including anxiety, depression, parenting, family relationships, work/life balance, stress, life transitions (marriage, death, divorce, blended families, and adapting to life with a disability/diagnosis), prenatal/postnatal struggles, parenting a child with special needs, and child/infant loss.
Krista is passionate about working with clients to come up with a unique and individualized plan. She bases this plan on a client’s unique values, beliefs, and strengths and works alongside clients to set goals and implement plans to achieve those goals.
Contact Krista
smith@eastplainscounselling.ca
(306) 531-3011.
Please do not call this number as it is a text-only number