About Kristy
Kristy Paddack is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She invites clients to build on their own strengths and views each person as the expert on their own life. Kristy aims to make starting therapy feel manageable for people who are nervous about taking the first step.
Kristy has 14 years of professional work experience and practices in Texas as an LPC.
Background and approach
She listens for practical patterns that keep problems active and helps people find small, doable changes to reduce distress. Sessions are focused on clear goals and straightforward steps rather than jargon or complicated plans. Her approach centers on collaboration.
She helps people name what matters most, try new coping strategies, and adjust those strategies based on what actually helps. That can include learning skills to reduce anxiety, plans to cope with cravings, or ways to process loss at a manageable pace.
Kristy also works with issues related to family of origin, abandonment, adoption and foster care, blended family challenges, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication problems, control issues, and recovery from domestic violence and substance use concerns. She adapts work to each person’s life circumstances and goals.
Sessions take a practical tone and aim to leave people with tools they can use between visits. Kristy supports international clients and conducts work in English for those who prefer remote options.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Kristy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are practical and results-oriented. One common approach focuses on building coping skills for anxiety and stress through step-by-step practice and check-ins, which helps people manage symptoms between sessions. Another approach centers on relapse prevention and planning for addictions, using concrete strategies to identify triggers and rehearsed responses to reduce the chance of returning to old patterns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristy will talk with each person about their goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust those methods based on what feels useful and realistic for the client's life.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for this work. Video calls let the therapist and client use face-to-face interaction for skill coaching and role play. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the schedule. Live chat or text messaging can provide brief support, quick coping reminders, and ongoing accountability between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- 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
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