Muang Kistler

Muang Kistler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or life changes. She aims to create a straightforward and supportive space where people can talk about what matters, gain practical tools, and take steps toward feeling more grounded and capable.

Muang draws on an attachment perspective to understand patterns in relationships and behavior. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new responses, and commit to values-driven actions. Sessions focus on clear communication, practical coping skills, and small, achievable goals.

Before working remotely, Muang spent nine years as a medical social worker in hospitals, including emergency departments, acute adult medicine, inpatient psychiatric care, and palliative care. She has also worked in outpatient primary care, a dialysis center, and a prison. That background informs her work with people facing chronic illness, medical crises, end-of-life concerns, and complex grief.

She typically supports adults dealing with mood issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting stress, and attachment-related concerns. Muang also helps people managing chronic pain or illness and those coping after natural or human-caused disasters. Her style is collaborative and direct, with an emphasis on adapting goals as clients learn and grow.

Muang believes therapy is a partnership. She works with clients to set meaningful goals, track progress, and adjust plans so the work stays relevant and practical.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work