Who Dr. Kroll works with
Kids (5+), teens, and college students. Plus parent coaching as a core part of the work.
About Dr. Kristin Kroll, PhD
Licensed Psychologist · Founder
Kristin Kroll, PhD is a licensed psychologist and the Founder of Little Dove Psychology, a virtual practice providing specialty therapy to kids, teens, college students, and families across Texas and 42 additional PSYPACT states. Her work focuses on four areas: anxiety, depression, family conflict and communication, and emotion regulation. With over 16 years of experience in mental health, including hospital training and an academic appointment at Children's Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin, she brings real depth to the work, plus the kind of practical, on-a-Tuesday-night recommendations that parents can actually use.
Dr. Kroll draws from evidence-based approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure-based methods, and DBT-informed skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. (DBT-informed means her work draws from DBT skills; she is not a DBT-certified clinician.) Her approach is collaborative. Treatment is tailored to fit the young person in front of her and the family she belongs to, with parent coaching as a core part of the work for kids and teens, and college students treated as the adults they are.
Before founding Little Dove Psychology, Dr. Kroll spent a decade in academic medicine at Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin, where she trained psychology fellows, published peer-reviewed research, and built integrated behavioral health programs for children with complex medical needs. She brings that hospital-level rigor into a private practice that fits the rhythms of family life, not the rhythms of a clinic schedule.