Christa Martin, LPC

Christa Martin is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and life changes. She writes plainly and listens carefully to what matters most to each person. Christa brings seven years of experience to sessions and practices from Mississippi. She uses practical tools to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused strategies are part of how she helps people test new ways of thinking and behaving. Emotionally-Focused Therapy and EMDR are also listed among her approaches for working with trauma and intense emotions. Christa has experience supporting people with first responder and veteran issues, financial stress, grief, and parenting challenges. She helps clients break problems into manageable steps and build coping skills they can use between sessions. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Her style combines straightforward feedback with empathy. She works at a pace clients find comfortable and adjusts techniques to fit individual needs. Many people come to address mood disorders, panic attacks, social anxiety, and substance use concerns. Christa views therapy as a team effort focused on real-life changes. She supports clients in creating clearer routines, improving relationships, and finding ways to handle career or money pressures. Her approach emphasizes practical strategies that can be practiced outside of sessions.

How her approaches translate to online care

CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT sessions typically include setting concrete goals, trying new coping skills between meetings, and reviewing progress together, which can help with anxiety, panic, and mood concerns.

EMDR is used to reduce distress linked to traumatic memories by guiding attention while processing those memories; adapted online, it involves step-by-step guidance and pacing to address trauma symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness, useful for stress and overwhelm.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then recommend or combine methods. That collaboration helps shape a plan that fits each person's situation.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for deeper interactive work, phone can suit lower bandwidth or quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or between-session coaching. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while using the chosen therapeutic methods.