Kristie Pagel-Compagner, LMSW

Kristie Pagel-Compagner, LMSW, draws on 25 years of clinical experience to help people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and major life changes. She centers sessions on collaboration and clear, practical steps. The tone is warm and straightforward, aimed at people needing steady support during hard times.

Her work uses talking and skill-building to address mood disorders, panic, and persistent worry. She helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and practices new ways of responding. Conversations often focus on improving communication, easing caregiver stress, and handling chronic illness or pain.

Kristie pays attention to how early relationships shape present feelings. She uses psychodynamic ideas to trace those connections and to make sense of recurring emotional reactions. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors in practical ways.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are used when emotions feel overwhelming or change is hard to sustain. Client-Centered Therapy frames the work with respect for each person’s goals and pace. Together these approaches aim to build resilience and clearer self-understanding.

Sessions are meant to be a steady place to sort priorities, reduce shame, and plan next steps. Kristie invites people to bring what matters most to them and to move at a pace that feels manageable. This profile highlights her focus on caregiver issues, mood concerns, and communication problems, and she practices from Michigan.

How her approaches guide online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely to what matters to the person and following their pace. It helps people feel heard and develop goals that match their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change patterns that fuel anxiety or depression.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kristie will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as goals shift or new issues emerge.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to continue care during health or caregiving demands. Licensed professionals, including therapists using CBT and Client-Centered approaches, can adapt exercises and homework for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.