Cristan Steimel, LPC

Cristan Steimel is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship or parenting challenges. She focuses on practical strategies that improve daily life and strengthen relationships. Cristan brings a calm, straightforward style to sessions and aims to help people feel understood and able to move forward.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered conversation, and mindfulness tools to break problems into manageable steps. Sessions often include concrete coping skills, short behavior experiments, and ways to reframe stressful thoughts. Cristan also draws on solution-focused and motivational techniques to set clear, achievable goals.

Cristan has five years of experience working with people affected by ADHD, chronic illness or pain, developmental or intellectual disability, and those navigating divorce or blended family issues. She supports people handling caregiving stress, compassion fatigue, postpartum concerns, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her background includes helping people with life transitions such as career changes and aging-related matters.

In practice Cristan aims for practical change rather than long lectures. She listens, helps clients define small steps, and checks progress each visit. Sessions combine skill-building with empathic listening so people leave with tools they can actually use.

Sessions are offered from Texas and conducted in English. Cristan works with individuals to address intimacy-related concerns, family conflict, and issues like isolation or life purpose. Her approach centers on collaboration and steady, measurable progress.

Approaches that translate well to online care

CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior that maintain stress or low mood, then practice small changes that lead to different results. It is useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and worry about life transitions.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathetic listening and meeting people where they are. It helps clients clarify values and goals and feel heard while they make changes at their own pace.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These tools can support coping with chronic pain, trauma reactions, and day-to-day stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Cristan will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then adapt methods that fit their situation. The plan can change over time based on what is most helpful.

Online therapy offers flexibility with multiple ways to connect: video calls for deeper conversations, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or medical schedules and to use the format that best supports practicing new skills.