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LMHC, LPCC

Christy Matthews, LMHC, LPCC

  • Experience9 years
  • LocationIndiana
  • Focus areasFamily, Grief, and Anger
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Christy

Christy Matthews is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional clinical counselor who helps people facing big life shifts and emotional strain. She works with individuals on issues such as grief, anxiety, depression, addiction, and stress.

Background and approach

Christy writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person she meets. She focuses on practical ways to manage emotions and build stronger day-to-day coping.

Sessions often include talk, reflection, and tools that people can try between meetings. Her style is warm and collaborative, aiming to help people feel clearer about next steps.

Christy draws on several therapeutic approaches to match what a client needs. She uses Internal Family Systems ideas to look at different inner parts, attachment-based perspectives to address relational patterns, and cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

The Gottman Method and client-centered methods also inform her work when relationships and personal values are central concerns. Her background spans nine years of clinical work and a focus on transitions like divorce, caregiving strain, career changes, and end-of-life stress.

She pays attention to issues such as abandonment, body image, chronic illness, and first responder stress. This range helps her tailor sessions to real-life challenges.

Christy practices in Indiana and holds licensure in Indiana as an LMHC and in Ohio as an LPCC. She offers services in English and accepts international clients.

To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.

How her approaches inform online therapy

Christy uses Internal Family Systems ideas to help people understand and speak with the different parts inside them. This can make it easier to notice self-critical or protective parts and to reduce inner conflict. Attachment-based work looks at relationship patterns and helps people change how they relate to others and to themselves.

She also draws on client-centered methods that prioritize listening and building a trusting connection. These approaches suit anxiety, grief, trauma-related concerns, relationship strain, and major life transitions by combining reflection with practical skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christy will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example by reducing travel time, offering a shorter check-in on a workday, or letting someone choose a meeting that fits their daily routine. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, breathing practices, and communication skills to remote sessions in ways that support ongoing change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Christy commonly address?
She helps people with grief, anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, career transitions, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, blending talk with exercises. She focuses on clear steps people can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Christy has nine years of clinical experience working with individuals through life changes and emotional challenges.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds LMHC and LPCC credentials and practices in Indiana; her LPCC is valid in Ohio and she lists practice connections to both states.
Do sessions take place in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She accepts international clients, though scheduling and jurisdictional details are handled during intake.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Choose the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Family conflictsGriefAnger managementSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

9+ years

Licensed

Ohio, Indiana

Languages

English