About Christyn
Christyn Jaap is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She brings five years of counseling experience and practical experience from eight years working in schools as a teacher, coach, and counselor. Christyn aims to make therapy straightforward and supportive for people facing hard moments.
Christyn works with people dealing with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. She also helps with parenting concerns, eating struggles, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and stress related to life changes.
How Christyn works
Additional focuses include issues like abandonment, commitment concerns, impulsivity, jealousy, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. Her approach centers on listening without judgment and building on each person's strengths. She uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in front of her.
Practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Christyn also uses mindfulness strategies to reduce stress and increase present-moment awareness. For relationship issues, she draws on elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and connection.
Motivational interviewing helps when people feel stuck and want support moving toward change. People who choose Christyn can expect a collaborative process. Sessions focus on clear goals, small steps, and skills that fit day-to-day life.
Her background in schools informs a calm, patient style when working through painful or confusing experiences.
Christyn lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Christyn works with
The areas below are the ones Christyn selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist reflects your experience and helps you find your own solutions, which can be useful for issues like self-esteem, grief, and life changes.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It helps break cycles of anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive thinking by practicing different ways of thinking and acting.
The Gottman Method offers concrete communication and conflict skills for people wanting to improve connection and handle relationship stress more effectively.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christyn will collaborate with each person to choose and adapt methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and changing course if something doesn’t fit.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video lets you see nonverbal cues and do deeper conversations. Phone can be lower bandwidth and useful when video is not convenient. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for quick check-ins, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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