- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Anger management
About Crystal
Crystal Dungan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of experience. She earned a master’s degree in Community Counseling from Webster University and began her career in a psychiatric hospital. Crystal later worked with military service members and veterans and now joins clients in Texas for counseling focused on practical solutions.
She keeps sessions relaxed and conversational. Crystal aims to reduce the anxiety that can come with starting therapy and keeps professional boundaries while creating a comfortable space.
Background and approach
Her manner is flexible so she can adjust to what each person needs. Crystal helps people manage concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, anger, self-esteem, and addictions. She also supports people dealing with grief, parenting pressures, career questions, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related concerns.
Additional focus areas include attachment issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, codependency, and issues around divorce or separation. Her practical approach draws on methods like client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and the Gottman method. In session she focuses on clear goals, small steps, and skills people can use between meetings.
She works collaboratively to identify what will make daily life more manageable. Clients who prefer conversational, down-to-earth sessions may find her style a good fit. Crystal provides services in English and practices in Texas, helping people address everyday problems with steady support and straightforward tools.
What Crystal works with
Everything Crystal lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Crystal helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Crystal lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy emphasizes understanding each person's experience and following their lead to set goals and make changes. It helps when someone needs a calm, accepting space to talk through parenting stress, relationship concerns, or grief.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete tools and short-term exercises that can reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address unhelpful patterns in daily life.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness skills to reduce reactivity and increase focus. These practices can be useful for managing stress, anger, and compassion fatigue by building small habits people use between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, preferences, and practical needs. Plans can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options let people fit care around work, school, parenting, or deployment-related schedules.
Questions people ask about Crystal
What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, addictions, grief, parenting matters, career questions, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is relaxed and conversational while keeping professional boundaries. She focuses on practical steps and tailors methods to each person's needs.
What kind of experience does she have?
She has ten years of counseling experience, including work in a psychiatric hospital and with military and veteran populations earlier in her career.
Which credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Texas as listed in her profile.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different scheduling needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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