About Kristy
Kristy Paddack greets people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, or depression. She writes and listens with calm patience and helps clients take small, practical steps toward feeling steadier. Kristy is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas with 14 years of experience.
She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions focus on clear, manageable goals and real-world strategies that fit day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Kristy aims to make progress feel realistic instead of rushed. Her work often addresses reactions to abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, and family of origin difficulties. She also supports people dealing with substance use, eating and body image struggles, and relationship communication problems.
Kristy brings experience with trauma, grief, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and crisis recovery. Appointments typically center on talking through what feels most urgent, learning coping skills, and trying new ways of handling strong emotions. She helps people practice techniques between sessions so gains carry into daily routines.
The approach is steady, respectful, and goal-focused. Kristy offers services online to people in and outside the United States. Her Texas licensure and years of practice give a grounding for working through complicated problems while keeping the work practical and understandable.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Kristy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. One common approach helps people identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors so day-to-day stress and anxiety feel more manageable. Another approach emphasizes grounding and paced processing to address trauma and abuse, helping clients build tolerance for strong emotions and regain a sense of control.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Kristy works with each person to understand their goals and preferences, then suggests approaches to try. Together they track progress and adjust techniques to better fit the client’s life and needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy or complex schedules. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, skill coaching between sessions, and a way to stay connected without a scheduled call. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into everyday life.
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What this counselor works with
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English