- Attachment-focused
- Practical coping skills
- Value-driven goals
About Muang
Muang Kistler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings practical care and steady support to sessions. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles like attachment and codependency. Muang aims to create a calm, clear space where people can talk honestly, learn coping skills, and set goals that matter to them.
She began remote therapy work in November 2022 and has previous experience across medical and behavioral health settings. Her background includes nine years as a medical social worker in hospitals, work in outpatient primary care, a dialysis center, palliative care, and time as a therapist in a prison setting. That experience informs how she responds to crises and long-term health concerns.
Muang uses an attachment perspective alongside approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and clarify values to guide action. Her style centers on listening first, then offering practical tools people can use between sessions.
She works with adults facing life transitions, chronic or acute medical issues, grief, low self-worth, and mood or anxiety symptoms. Muang describes therapy as a partnership where goals can shift as new insights appear. She aims for clear, honest communication throughout the process.
Muang holds a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and provides services in English. Her approach emphasizes realistic steps, consistent support, and helping clients build skills that fit their daily lives.
How these approaches can work online
Muang commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. ACT focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values, which can ease anxiety, depression, and codependency patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current ways of relating and helps people build more secure patterns in relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Muang will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, and then try methods that fit. Goals and techniques are revisited regularly so the plan stays practical and useful as needs change.
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, cut down on travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people continue support through medical or caregiving challenges by offering more flexible scheduling rather than in-person visits.
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Experience
3+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Muang commonly address?
Muang helps people working through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, and codependency. She also supports those facing medical or caregiving stress and mood-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and grounded. She listens first, then offers practical tools from attachment work, CBT, and ACT to help manage thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
What is her professional background?
Before remote work that began in November 2022, Muang spent nine years as a medical social worker in hospital settings and has experience in outpatient care, dialysis, palliative care, and a prison-based role.
Where is Muang licensed and located?
She holds a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.