About Christy
Christy Forrister is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on practical, evidence-based care for people feeling overwhelmed by life. She uses clear tools and steady support to help reduce anxiety and manage stress. Christy works with clients who are coping with addiction, parenting strain, depression, and major life changes.
She draws on seven years of clinical experience across different settings. That background includes work with trauma, relationship conflict, divorce, anxiety, depression, and co-occurring concerns.
Background and approach
Her personal experience with adoption also informs how she understands identity, attachment, and blended family dynamics. Christy pays attention to cultural and cross-cultural issues in relationships. She notices how communication styles and family systems shape conflict and connection.
She offers straightforward strategies to improve communication and strengthen relationships. Her clinical approach is based on evidence-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In sessions she focuses on building coping skills, practical behavior changes, and clearer thinking patterns that reduce distress.
For clients who wish to include faith in their work, she integrates biblical principles and Scripture into counseling. She also welcomes people of all beliefs and backgrounds and aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space. Her approach centers on collaboration, real skills, and small steps toward lasting change.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Christy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises and skills that reduce anxiety and improve mood. She also draws on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when trauma is involved, using gradual, structured techniques to process painful experiences and build coping tools. Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are used to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer interpersonal skills when intense feelings get in the way.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Christy works with clients to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. She tailors methods to each person's needs and preferences rather than using one set method for everyone.
Online therapy with Christy uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well for in-depth sessions and visual connection. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low. Messaging and live chat are useful for quick check-ins, skill practice, or shorter touchpoints between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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