Christy Crane , LPC

Christy Crane is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with training in both family and marriage counseling as well as general professional counseling. She brings a warm, genuine manner to her work and has provided counseling services across settings including private practice, outpatient community mental health, and inpatient psychiatric care as a psychiatric technician. Her experience includes work with children, adolescents, families, couples, individuals, and groups, allowing her to adapt to a variety of client needs and life stages.

Her clinical background spans a broad array of concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship and parenting difficulties, life changes, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, ADHD, anger management, grief, and personality disorders. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in the therapeutic relationship and prefers a collaborative, noncoercive style in which the client remains in the driver’s seat while the therapist offers guidance and recommendations. Real change, she has observed, tends to follow when individuals make conscious decisions and engage in the work required to meet their goals.

Her approach integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques, narrative methods, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and trauma-informed principles, with treatment plans and conversations tailored to each person’s unique needs. She frames the work as a partnership and offers support and encouragement to those ready to take steps toward a more fulfilling life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care with Christy

Christy uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach is practical and often helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. She also incorporates dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills when emotional regulation, distress tolerance, or relationship patterns are central to the work - DBT offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. In addition, she uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma-focused work, a structured method that can reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic memories and related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Christy works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She blends approaches as appropriate and adjusts the plan over time so the work stays responsive to progress and challenges.

Online therapy with Christy can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible and accessible for different life circumstances. These options allow therapists and clients to work together consistently even when in-person visits are not feasible, supporting steady progress through convenient and adaptable session formats.