Kirsten Adorno

Kirsten Adorno

LPC, MFTC

Note: Kirsten sees clients online only, anywhere in Colorado.

I work with couples who love each other and keep ending up in the same painful loop, and with individuals and families who want to understand why their closest relationships feel so hard.

Maybe you feel stuck. Maybe you mostly need someone to listen without rushing you. Either way, that’s a fine place to start. As a licensed professional counselor and marriage and family therapist candidate, I offer virtual therapy for individuals, couples, and families seeking meaningful change, so you can do this work from your own couch anywhere in Colorado.

Our lives are narratives that include stories of triumphs, losses, joys, and wounds. It’s an honor to be part of my clients’ stories, and what I offer back is a connection built on trust and realness. Experience has taught me that relationships can be powerful and healing, including the one we build in therapy.

I Specialize In

My Approach

Most stuck couples aren’t really fighting about the dishes. One partner is scared of losing connection and reaches harder. The other feels like they’re failing and backs away to keep the peace. Each move makes the other one worse.

I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to slow that cycle down until you can both see it, and then to get underneath it to the fear and longing driving it. I’m also trained in the Gottman Method, and narrative therapy shows up in my work too, because the stories we tell about ourselves and each other shape what feels possible.

You Might Be Here Because…

• You and your partner have the same argument, and by the end nobody remembers what it was about.
• One of you reaches for connection while the other pulls away to keep the peace.
• You feel more like roommates than partners.
• You keep ending up in the same kind of relationship.
• You’re carrying a loss or a low mood that won’t lift.
• You want a therapist who understands that culture and family are part of the picture.
• Getting to an office every week isn’t realistic, and you’d rather do therapy from home.

What It’s Like to Work With Me

Sessions with me are warm and real. With couples, I slow things down so you can both see the loop as it’s happening, and then we practice reaching for each other in a different way. When you can both point at the pattern, you stop pointing at each other.

In individual sessions, we look at how your story shaped the way you connect, and what you want to carry forward. Because everything happens online, therapy fits around work, kids, and Colorado traffic.

Methods & Training

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Externship & Core Skills
• Gottman Method (Level I)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Culturally Responsive Care
• Marriage & Family Therapy Candidate (MFTC)

Areas of Focus

• Couples Therapy
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Gottman Method
• Narrative Therapy
• Family Therapy
• Culturally Responsive Therapy
• Depression
• Grief & Loss
• Online Therapy in Colorado