About Krista
Krista Hanks is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and painful experiences from trauma and abuse. She writes in a direct, calm way and focuses on simple, manageable steps to reduce overwhelm. Parents reading on a phone will find short, clear explanations and a steady tone that aims to ease worry.
She aims to make sessions feel practical and goal-focused. Krista listens for patterns around attachment, abandonment, and communication problems.
Background and approach
She helps clients name shame, guilt, and loneliness and then try small changes that can make daily life easier. Her work pays attention to how the body and mind interact. Concerns like chronic pain, illness, body image, and eating struggles are explored alongside emotions and coping habits.
This lets her support people who feel stuck by connecting physical experience to emotional reactions. Krista uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailors them to each person. Sessions look different depending on needs - sometimes skills practice, sometimes talking through painful memories, and sometimes planning short experiments to test new behaviors.
She brings three years of clinical experience as an LPC in Texas. That background informs a steady, nonjudgmental approach. The focus is on practical progress rather than quick fixes.
People can expect collaboration and regular check-ins about what is working. Krista helps clients set realistic goals around work, relationships, and self-care so they can build confidence and clearer priorities over time.
Online approaches that fit your life
Krista uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help with symptoms and everyday struggles. One approach focuses on teaching coping skills and routines that reduce anxiety and manage panic attacks; these skills are practiced between sessions so progress carries into daily life. Another approach looks at painful memories and trauma by pacing work carefully and helping a person change how they react to difficult thoughts and feelings. Both approaches aim to reduce distress and increase a sense of control over symptoms rather than promise quick cures.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Krista collaborates with each person to identify goals, try specific techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. She checks in regularly and shifts focus when needed so the work stays relevant to the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English