Christy L Walters
I am a licensed mental health counselor, with 16 years experience working with ages 6-99. I have worked with Trauma victims, Anxiety issues, Depression, self esteem, domestic violence victims. Teenage/coming of age issues and Grief/Loss, Life changes. I have training in Trauma Focused - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
I am a licensed mental health counselor, with 16 years experience working with ages 6-99.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and MIndfulness therapies. Which means (lol) I am an Experienced Licensed and trained professional that meets clients where their need is and works with client as a Team to resolve past issues and develop new, healthy pathways that they can take with them to grow.
First session
The first session will be introductions and I will ask the client what has brought them to the GrowTherapy platform. What is going on in your life you want to discuss and improve? How can I help you, or what would you like to discuss? This will give the client a chance to try the plat form out and unload some burden on the first session.
Strengths
I am a great listener and pay attention to how things connect, or areas that may be lacking or need to be addressed, utilizing therapeutic methods.
Treatment methods
Attachment-based
Everyone has an attachment style they develop in childhood with their parents, caregivers, and other important people in their lives. When trauma was a part of your childhood, attachment styles developed to protect and survive during a traumatic time period, are maladaptive ways to interact/respond in most base-line day-to-day events. Survivors of traumatic events need to learn healthy appropriate responses to their current (safe) environments. In therapy I help survivors develop a better understanding of their own maladaptive responses and tools to address and change these fight or flight responses.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
When working with an array of client's, I develop a treatment plan specialized for that client' s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy works well with children and teenage populations regarding behaviors, healthy responses, healthy processing and improving thinking and behavioral issues. I work with children as young as 6 years old.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
Treatment is developed to address each individuals needs. I like to gain a clear understanding of the what the client is experiencing and ways to meet the client's where they are (mentally) and build on the skills the client already possess.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness is taught and practiced. This will tie into other areas of need my clients experience. Mindfulness can be used as a coping skill/way to cope (manage stressors). Improve control of your response to your environment and eventually decrease anxiety (if clients are ready to put in the work in and out of session.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
DBT helps facilitate identifying thinking errors (which results in problematic behaviors/respones to their environment and social interactions. Use of DBT will include addressing and challenging client's incorrect/toxic conclusion/response to managing stress, healthy relationships, improved communication.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Christian
Woman
Top specialties
Child or Adolescent
Crisis Intervention
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
Anger Management
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Career Counseling
Domestic Violence
Family Conflict
Foster Care/Adoption
Mood Disorders
Self Esteem
Women's Issues
Licensed in
IndianaLicense 39003423A