My name is Kristi Ebsen (she/her). I am the owner of Bobbi Ebsen Psychotherapy. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California, New York, and Michigan. I completed my EMDR II training and will be certified in 2024.  

I provide mental health counseling services via telehealth to ages 12 years old and up.  

Personally, I come from humble beginnings, growing up on a farm, 4th generation, in rural Nebraska. I attended one of the last remaining “one room schools” in our country. This has given me that “folksy Midwestern background” and made me a real “salt of the earth” person. 

At 18 years old, I discovered the effectiveness of psychotherapy and thought, “If I could help one person the way my therapist has helped me as a teenager, my life would be worth living.”  

I attended Hastings College in Nebraska on a basketball scholarship. Shortly after my sophomore year, I decided I wanted something different for my life, so I transferred to the University of Northern Colorado. I graduated with Honors, with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.  

After college, I joined the Peace Corps and went to the Dominican Republic, where I served for more than three years.  For my service in the Peace Corps, I earned a merit scholarship from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, where I received my Masters in Clinical Social Work.

I have more than 20 years experience as a clinician. I have worked in various counseling settings, with people from diverse backgrounds with all kinds of traumas.  

I am someone who leaves no stone unturned in my journey to grow into the best person I can be. I have continually sought new experiences, including:

• Becoming a Teacher Certified Yoga Instructor at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in 2005.  

• Serving as a Crisis Corps Volunteer in Sri Lanka in the summer of 2006.

• Completing in-depth meditation training, including one and a half years of training toward a Buddhist priest program while living in a Buddhist temple for more than four years.  

• Immersing myself in the language of Native American tools and beliefs for sometime, completing a Vision Quest through the Rites of Passages in 2023. In July 2024, I was honored to receive an Eagle Feather.  

These life experiences have really shaped me into a veteran, seasoned therapist.

Currently, I enjoy living on the Central Coast of California, taking long walks on Carmel Beach, and experiencing all that Monterey County, California has to offer.  

I am available to provide workshops on a variety of mental health topics, including: 

• Stress management

• Trauma

• Warning signs for parents when their kids may need counseling

• PTSD

• EMDR treatment

Thank you for your time in reading my story. Feel free to contact me at: 734-223-6014.