About Chris
Chris Allen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with 29 years of experience. He helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, addiction, grief, trauma, and self-esteem challenges. His approach is warm and interactive.
Sessions focus on understanding what matters to each person and building practical ways to cope. He avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect and compassion. Chris blends several approaches to fit each person's needs.
How Chris works
He uses client-centered methods to follow the person's lead, mindfulness strategies to build calm and focus, narrative techniques to reframe difficult stories, and psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns from the past. He also draws on solution-focused steps for concrete goals and short-term progress. Typical sessions involve straightforward conversation, gentle reflection, and actionable steps to try between meetings.
He aims to create a trusting space where people can talk honestly and test out new ways of handling problems. The work is collaborative and paced to what feels manageable. Chris has worked with adults across many life stages and with young adults as they move into adulthood.
He pays particular attention to issues like attachment, adoption and foster care concerns, body image, codependency, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. His focus is on helping people make steady, meaningful change.
Chris lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Chris works with
The areas below are the ones Chris selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 29 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following what matters to the person and creating a respectful, nonjudgmental dialogue. It helps with relationship concerns, self-esteem, and managing life transitions by centering the person's priorities. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce anxiety and improve focus. Those practices work well in short exercises during video or phone sessions and as daily habits between meetings. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe difficult stories and separate themselves from problems. It can be useful for grief, trauma, identity concerns, and issues like codependency.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods in session, and adjust strategies based on what feels most helpful. This collaborative process aims to match techniques to a person's needs and preferences rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused exchanges for coaching-style support. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting into a busy life.
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