About Christy
Christy Potter is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, anger, and major life changes. She writes simply and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. Christy aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where someone can be honest and work toward feeling better.
Her style is practical and collaborative. She adjusts conversations and plans to fit a person's needs rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions.
How Christy works
Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, clearer ways to handle strong emotions, and small steps that add up over time. Christy draws from acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, client-centered listening, and mindfulness practices. That mix helps with mood problems, panic, trauma responses, and the stress of life transitions.
She often teaches simple exercises for calming, noticing thoughts without getting stuck, and choosing values-based actions. With seven years of experience, Christy has worked with people facing intense worry, social anxiety, feelings of isolation, guilt, control issues, and struggles with purpose. She respects each person's pace and priorities.
The aim is steady progress through focused, everyday strategies rather than quick fixes. To start, she invites people to describe their main concern and try a few approaches to see what fits. The process is paced to match individual goals and comfort levels, with an emphasis on building skills that can be used long after sessions end.
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What Christy works with
The areas below are the ones Christy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then choose actions that match their values. It is often useful for anxiety, avoidance, and finding a clearer sense of purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them through small behavioral experiments to reduce panic, low mood, and anxious thinking.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to a person’s goals and try different tools to see what fits. Over a few sessions, the plan can shift toward whatever methods feel most effective and comfortable.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework, or when a shorter exchange fits a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules while still practicing the chosen approaches.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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