As a licensed therapist in Michigan, I bring 25 years of compassionate clinical experience supporting individuals through complex emotional landscapes. My practice centers on helping clients navigate challenges like depression, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions with empathy and expertise.
I specialize in working with older adults, women, and young professionals experiencing mood disorders, social anxiety, relationship difficulties, and personal growth obstacles. My approach is deeply collaborative, focusing on building self-love, improving communication skills, and healing from past emotional wounds.
My therapeutic work honors each individual's unique journey, offering supportive guidance through issues like caregiver stress, chronic illness, attachment challenges, and personal transformation. I create a warm, non-judgmental space where clients can explore their experiences, develop resilience, and rediscover their inner strength.
Additional areas of focus: Attachment issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Communication problems, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Divorce and separation, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Isolation / loneliness, Mood disorders, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Post-traumatic stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic Therapy
MI LMSW 6801093410
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Kristie Pagel-Compagner. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Having been in and out of therapy for the better part of 25 years, I can confidently say that Kristie is the best therapist I have ever had. She listens intently in such an empathetic and compassionate way, it’s almost like she’s living through my experience with me. The thing that I love most is that she actually offers solutions to my problems, doesn’t just constantly ask me to reflect inward to solve my own.
Kristie responds to each journal entry that I write, usually that day. Even if it isn’t a long reflection, she always lets me know that she read it. It makes me feel that someone is always with me.
Overall, it took me a few tries to find someone that I connected with but I am so happy to have found her. She is so easy to talk to, even with the hard stuff. I highly recommend!
Written on May 12, 2026 after therapy with Kristie for 2 weeks on issues concerning trauma and abuse, and grief