About Christy
Christy McWaters is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia. She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, trauma and abuse, and ADHD. She keeps conversations direct and respectful so families and individuals can talk about what feels hardest right now.
Christy draws on a decade of professional experience to shape each session around the person in front of her. She listens first, then builds a plan with clear steps and simple tools.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical strategies for managing strong emotions and everyday challenges. Her style is calm and compassionate. She adjusts pacing and techniques to match each person’s needs and goals.
That can mean short skill-building exercises one week and deeper processing the next. Christy helps people work through relationship and communication problems, parenting stress, and life changes such as loss or major transitions. She also supports those dealing with substance use and patterns like codependency or avoidance.
The work blends coping skills with longer term emotional healing. Getting started is presented as a straightforward process. A brief matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect people to sessions by video, phone, chat, or text messaging.
Christy aims to make therapy fit daily life while offering steady, practical support.
Online approaches and how they fit your life
Christy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on skills and emotional processing. One common approach she uses teaches concrete coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing techniques, behavioral strategies, and step-by-step plans to manage overwhelming moments. This helps people gain immediate tools for daily life struggles.Another focus is guided emotional processing for trauma and grief, which involves safe, paced conversations to understand painful memories and reduce their hold on current behavior. This approach can help people who feel stuck after loss, abuse, or major life changes.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Christy works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit each person's goals and preferences, and she adjusts plans as progress is made. Clients help set priorities so sessions stay focused and useful.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when they want deeper connection, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter exchanges, homework support, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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