- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Christie
Dr. Christie Taylor is a Licensed Professional Counselor with three decades of work in mental health and addiction treatment. She focuses on concerns that commonly affect parents and caregivers, including stress, anxiety, parenting strain, grief, addiction, and relationship challenges.
Her approach centers on helping people sort their thoughts and decide what matters most for their life now. She uses straightforward conversation to help people loosen the hold of past events on their present.
Background and approach
Sessions often include looking at thought patterns, rebuilding connection, and identifying small steps toward change. Her work includes support for managing mood shifts, substance issues, anger, and self-esteem struggles. Dr.
Taylor has led treatment programs in both personal and public settings. She has served as clinical director at psychiatric hospitals and as CEO of nonprofit addiction programs, and she helped develop a program for addiction and chronic pain in Houston. This experience gives her a broad view of how different services fit together.
She also has a long track record in education, teaching mental health and addiction coursework at several universities for many years. That teaching informs how she explains concepts and sets practical goals in sessions. People who have complex needs often benefit from a clear plan and steady pacing.
In sessions she brings a calm, goal-focused style. She listens closely, clarifies what matters, and helps people try new ways of coping. Her work is collaborative and paced to each person’s goals and life demands.
What Christie works with
Everything Christie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Christie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Christie lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can try online
Dr. Taylor commonly uses attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in how people connect and respond to stress. This approach helps when past relationships shape current reactions and when rebuilding trust matters. Client-centered work focuses on listening and following the client’s priorities. It helps people feel heard and then decide what changes they want to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and test small behavior changes to shift mood and coping.Choosing an approach is a team effort. Dr. Taylor will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they adjust methods over time so sessions stay practical and focused on real-life problems like parenting strain, mood swings, or substance concerns.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins into a busy day or to process thoughts between longer sessions. These options give more flexibility for scheduling and for continuing work when life gets busy.
Questions people ask about Christie
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and problems with self-esteem and anger.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and collaborative. She helps people clarify thoughts, set concrete goals, and try small changes over time.
What is her professional background?
She has 30 years of experience leading mental health and substance abuse programs, directing clinical services, and providing counseling in multiple settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds the LPC credential and practices from Texas.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
Therapy can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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