Christy Potter, LPCC

Christy Potter is a licensed professional clinical counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the aftereffects of trauma and abuse. She focuses on building confidence, increasing motivation, and finding clearer direction during life transitions. Her approach centers on practical steps people can use between sessions.

Christy combines clear, evidence-informed tools with a warm, respectful manner. She listens first, then works with each person to create straightforward goals. Conversations are tailored so they fit real life and daily routines.

Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered methods, and mindfulness practices. Those approaches offer ways to notice unhelpful thinking, practice acceptance, and build small behavior changes that add up over time.

Sessions move at a practical pace. People can expect to learn short exercises, rethink patterns that cause distress, and try new habits that support wellbeing. Christy aims to make therapy feel usable and down-to-earth.

With seven years of experience and the CA LPCC credential, she brings both clinical background and everyday focus to sessions. She supports people through feelings of shame, anger, panic, isolation, and questions about life purpose. The emphasis is on steady progress and clearer problem-solving.

How online sessions use CBT and ACT to create change

Christy brings Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into online sessions in plain terms. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments, which is useful for anxiety, panic, and mood shifts. ACT emphasizes noticing difficult feelings, clarifying values, and taking actions that matter despite discomfort, which helps with shame, avoidance, and life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Christy will discuss what feels most useful, try techniques in session, and adapt methods based on a person's goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and aims to match practical tools to everyday life.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and structured exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates and reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep practice consistent between sessions.