About Christyn
Christyn Jaap is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people navigate hard moments in life. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters to each person. She aims to make therapy a straightforward, steady process for people feeling overwhelmed by relationships, grief, anxiety, or life transitions.
Christyn brings five years of counseling experience plus additional years in school roles as a teacher, coach, and counselor. That background shaped her practical approach to common struggles such as self-esteem, motivation, trauma, and relationship difficulties.
Background and approach
She uses everyday language and clear goals so clients know what to expect from sessions. Her work often combines client-centered care with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Sessions typically focus on identifying unhelpful patterns, trying small experiments, and building skills that make daily life easier.
She also uses motivational interviewing to help people move toward goals they value. Christyn emphasizes partnership in therapy. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them use their existing strengths.
The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes, with practical steps tailored to each person's situation. She practices in Texas and conducts sessions in English. People can connect through several online formats, and scheduling is arranged after a brief matching process.
If someone is looking for calm, practical help with relationship issues, anxiety, grief, or coping with change, she offers a clear, collaborative path forward.
How her approaches fit into online therapy
Christyn uses client-centered therapy to build a respectful, listening-focused space where the client's priorities guide each session. This approach helps people clarify what they want to change and brings their own strengths into the work.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and patterns that get in the way of daily life. Mindfulness techniques are used alongside these methods to help with stress regulation and staying present during difficult moments.
Christyn sees finding the right approach as a shared process. She works with each person to try methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting tools and pacing as needed. That collaborative stance helps people feel more invested in gradual, achievable change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a shorter break in a busy day or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging work well for brief check-ins or for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and family obligations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English