About Krystal
Krystal Laday is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns. She also supports those working through ADHD, addictions, parenting strain, career questions, and major life changes. Krystal uses clear, down-to-earth language in sessions and encourages active participation from the person she is meeting with.
She has seven years of clinical experience and has worked in hospital settings and outpatient mental health clinics.
Background and approach
That work included grief counseling and helping people with co-occurring substance use concerns. Krystal has supported adults and children in past roles, addressing conditions such as posttraumatic stress and disruptive mood issues. Krystal draws on client-centered principles to adapt sessions to each person’s needs.
She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and motivational interviewing to support change. Mindfulness and solution-focused strategies also appear in her work when they fit the goal. In session she aims to be open, honest, and welcoming.
She invites clients to take an active role - to try strategies between sessions and reflect on what helps. She avoids a one-size-fits-all approach and shapes interventions around a person’s life and values. People who reach out can expect straightforward conversation about practical steps.
Krystal focuses on helping people find relief, build skills, and move toward clearer next steps in day-to-day living.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Krystal commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy in her online practice. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot patterns of thinking that feed anxiety or low mood and then practice different responses. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the person she is working with.She also uses mindfulness techniques when helpful, encouraging short practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. These approaches can help with stress, anxiety, grief, and managing strong emotions by teaching concrete skills and small experiments to try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Krystal works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan over time based on what is working.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can fit a busy day or use less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat support brief check-ins or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible for different routines and needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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