Kristin Ray, LPC

Kristin Ray is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with nine years of experience. She works with adults who want to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and improve day-to-day coping. Kristin supports people facing stress, mood concerns, trauma and abuse, and relationship or intimacy-related issues.

She takes a collaborative, client-centered approach. Sessions focus on listening, reframing intrusive negative thoughts, and building practical coping skills. Kristin aims to decrease anxious feelings and sadness while helping clients identify realistic next steps that fit their life.

Kristin uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She also incorporates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, which the biography notes, to address trauma symptoms when appropriate. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of her practical toolkit.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns including sleep problems, parenting stress, career difficulties, body image, and identity issues such as LGBT concerns. She also addresses complex family-of-origin patterns, blended family issues, and separation or divorce stressors.

Kristin describes therapy as a joint effort where the client decides the goals. She asks questions, offers tools, and helps people test new behaviors between sessions. The focus is on clear steps that help reduce reactivity, improve communication, and restore a sense of direction.

People starting with her are usually asked to identify priorities and try small changes. Kristin uses straightforward techniques and regular check-ins to track progress and adjust the plan as needed.

How her approaches translate to online sessions