Jonathan Kris, LMSW

Jonathan Kris is a licensed social worker with five years of clinical experience in Michigan. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and obsessive thoughts. Jonathan aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they’re feeling and begin to make sense of it.

He uses approaches that include cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered work. In sessions he helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different ways of responding. That can mean learning practical skills to reduce anxiety or reviewing past experiences that shape current behavior.

Jonathan also draws on psychodynamic and solution-focused methods when they fit a person’s needs. He balances talking about history with concrete steps to improve daily coping. Many people find this mix useful for making short-term changes while understanding longer-term patterns.

He works with concerns such as relationship strain, family issues, grief, intimacy-related problems, eating and sleeping struggles, parenting stress, anger, career questions, and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, isolation and loneliness, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Sessions are offered in English and Jonathan provides counseling through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. He holds an MI LMSW, which denotes a licensed master social worker in Michigan.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Jonathan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change the thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress; this approach is practical and often focuses on skills for anxiety, panic, and obsessive thinking. He also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships affect current patterns, which can help with intimacy, abandonment worries, and relationship problems.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Jonathan will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most in day-to-day life.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow a face-to-face conversation when more depth is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter, shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text messaging can work well for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when someone prefers typing to speaking. These formats make scheduling more flexible and help people fit therapy into busy routines.