About Krista
Krista McKelvin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience. She offers a calm, straightforward approach that aims to put people at ease. Her style is open and low-pressure so conversations can unfold naturally.
Krista focuses on common life stresses such as anxiety, depression, career strain, and relationship concerns. She also helps people coping with trauma, grief, addiction, and ADHD-related challenges. Her work includes support for issues around identity, intimacy, and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Her clinical work draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person's own goals. She mixes in cognitive behavioral techniques to tackle unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Solution-focused conversations help set short-term goals and track progress.
Krista pays attention to building rapport and listening closely before suggesting next steps. She adapts her plan to fit each individual rather than using a one-size-fits-all model. Sessions are aimed at practical changes and clearer day-to-day coping skills.
Licensed to practice in Texas and Oklahoma, Krista has experience as a vocational counselor and psychotherapist. She speaks English and has worked with adults and teens on a range of life challenges. Her approach is respectful, empathetic, and grounded in real-world problem solving.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Krista uses client-centered therapy to center each person's goals and experience. This approach means the therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and shapes sessions around the person's priorities. It is useful when someone needs steady support and validation as they sort through problems.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT offers practical techniques for managing anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related patterns by teaching skills to change thinking and behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy contributes skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships in high-stress moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Krista will discuss goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative process aims to match methods to the client's needs and preferences rather than applying a fixed method.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging is useful for short updates or ongoing support. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or family commitments and to try different formats to see what fits best.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Texas
- Languages
- English
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