About Crystal
Crystal Mullins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee. She brings 20 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, and life transitions. Crystal aims to make therapy clear and practical, focusing on small steps that add up to real change.
She uses a client-centered stance to listen and understand what matters most to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques are used to notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Solution-Focused Therapy helps set concrete, short-term goals and track progress. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Crystal works with adults on issues such as parenting strain, intimacy challenges, career stress, depression, bipolar concerns, trauma and abuse, and ADHD.
She also addresses family of origin issues, caregiver stress, blended family dynamics, and end-of-life concerns. Therapy often includes practical tools - thought records, behavior experiments, and brief problem-solving steps. Crystal encourages clients to bring specific problems or desired changes so they can build a plan together.
She describes the process as collaborative and paced to the client’s needs. Her approach blends empathy with clear strategies. Crystal respects each person’s beliefs and life context, including faith when it matters to the client.
People who want straightforward guidance and a focus on goals may find this approach helpful.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy is about listening closely and following the client’s priorities. In online sessions that means letting the person set the pace, naming what matters, and shaping sessions around their goals and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions often include reviewing thought patterns, trying simple behavior experiments between sessions, and using worksheets or brief exercises during video or chat conversations to build new habits.
Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on specific, achievable goals. In remote work this can look like short-term planning, measuring progress week to week, and adjusting steps so clients see forward movement quickly.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they will pick or blend methods that fit the person’s situation and adjust over time.
Online formats offer flexibility and practical options. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation and shared worksheets. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a workday. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework discussion, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These choices make therapy easier to schedule and keep consistent for busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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