Kristin Ray, LPC

Kristin Ray is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on practical approaches to reduce anxiety and lift mood. She uses conversation, skills practice, and goal-setting to help people manage stress and regain energy for daily life.

She centers sessions on the client's needs and works together with them to set clear, achievable goals. Kristin draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses client-centered methods to make space for the client's experience and choices.

Her work often addresses worries, low mood, and reactions after painful events. Kristin helps people build coping skills for sleep trouble, anger, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and career stress. She also supports those handling family conflict, identity-related concerns, and past sexual or physical trauma.

Kristin brings nine years of counseling experience in Texas to her practice. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling and uses evidence-informed tools such as EMDR and motivational interviewing in collaborative planning. Her LPC credential appears as LPC.

Sessions are structured around what the client finds most helpful. Early meetings typically focus on understanding current struggles and choosing a few practical steps to try. Over time the work shifts to building long-term skills and measuring progress toward the client's goals.

How CBT, EMDR, and Client-Centered Work Translate Online

Kristin commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and build new ways of responding. Online CBT sessions typically include guided conversation, thought records, and homework exercises that clients can practice between meetings to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to help people process distressing memories; in telehealth this involves structured protocols the therapist guides the client through while observing reactions and adjusting pacing. Client-centered therapy appears as open, nonjudgmental listening that helps clients set the agenda and choose what to work on next.

Finding the right approach is part of the first few sessions. Kristin will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and day-to-day needs. Together they review what’s working and shift the plan as needed.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer work and step-by-step skill teaching, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly during a busy day, and messaging supports short updates or crisis check-ins. These formats make scheduling more flexible and let therapy fit into varied routines.