About Christy
Christy Crane is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, and relationship struggles. She speaks plainly and meets clients where they are. Parents often appreciate her direct, respectful manner when they need practical strategies and steady support.
Christy draws on a mix of approaches to suit each person's needs. She uses client-centered methods to build trust and to keep the client's goals central.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques are used to teach coping skills and to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also works with trauma through approaches such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and employs motivational interviewing to help people make changes they actually want.
Sessions focus on concrete steps a person can try between meetings, not just talk about problems. Christy has 12 years of experience across independent practice, outpatient community mental health, and inpatient settings. That range gives her familiarity with many common life challenges, from parenting strain and grief to mood disorders and self-harm concerns.
Her style is warm and genuine. She avoids coercion and encourages clients to lead their own progress while offering clear suggestions. If someone is ready to make changes, she aims to support and empower them through the process.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and building a trusting relationship. Online sessions using this approach emphasize listening, reflection, and working at the client's pace to set meaningful goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets thinking and behavior that contribute to distress. In online work CBT often includes setting small experiments, practicing new skills between sessions, and reviewing what worked during video or messaging check-ins.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Online DBT-style work can include learning grounding and emotion regulation tools and using brief messages or phone check-ins for skill reminders.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and daily life, and then suggest methods to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy here is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and guided skills practice. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text provide quick check-ins, shorter reflections, and flexible ways to maintain momentum between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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