Krisha Uden , LMHC, LIMHP

Krisha Uden is a licensed mental health therapist based in Nebraska with 27 years of clinical experience. She holds the LMHC credential, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and the LIMHP credential, Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner, and maintains active licensure in both Nebraska and Iowa. Krisha brings a faith-informed perspective as a Christian counselor and is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, integrating spiritual values with evidence-based approaches when that fits a client's goals.

Her practice has spanned private practice settings and community mental health work, including leading groups for domestic violence perpetrators and victims, grief support for military families, and parenting training. Over the years she has supported people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, intimacy issues, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem struggles, career transitions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also works with adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, communication problems, and other family-of-origin concerns.

Krisha emphasizes empathic listening, strength-based assessment, and collaborative treatment planning, helping people identify goals they feel motivated to pursue. She has found purpose in accompanying individuals through both consequences of personal choices and hardships imposed by life events, and she aims to foster insight, hope, and meaning in the process. Krisha balances a busy professional life with family and community commitments, and she has drawn personal perspective from her own experience as a survivor of early stage breast cancer diagnosed in December 2022, which informs her compassion and resilience in practice.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Krisha uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client's perspective guides the work - this approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration to help people clarify values and goals and is helpful for relationship, self-esteem, and life-transition concerns.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and building practical skills to change behavior and mood; CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Additionally, Krisha incorporates emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) when relational attachment and emotional responsiveness are central issues - EFT helps couples and families improve communication and deepen emotional connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Krisha works together with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques and pace based on ongoing feedback so therapy remains a collaborative effort.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for scheduling and access. Clients may meet by video calls, speak by phone, or connect through live chat or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, coordinate care across locations, and maintain continuity when in-person meetings are difficult. Licensed professionals can deliver many of the same therapeutic approaches through these remote formats, allowing therapy to be both effective and more accessible.