Christy Bell, LPC
Compassionate therapist who helps rewrite difficult stories
Details
| Name | Christy Bell |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Georgia |
| Licensed in | Georgia |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 12 |
About Christy
Christy Bell, LPC, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or life changes. She focuses on practical support for self-esteem, intimacy and relationship struggles, addiction concerns, and coping with work or parenting pressures. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, and she aims to make sessions feel understandable and relatable.
Christy uses Narrative Therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral tools. She listens for the stories people tell about themselves and looks for small, concrete steps to change unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational, and she often offers skills to manage intense emotions and handle everyday challenges. She has 12 years of experience working with issues such as trauma and abuse, ADHD, attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, and forgiveness work. She also supports people navigating identity questions, kink or alternative sex culture, and first responder stress.
Christy blends practical skill-building with attention to personal meaning and values. Christy brings a down-to-earth curiosity into sessions and sometimes uses creative interests, like roleplaying or character work, when it helps a person explore identity or strengths. She aims to meet each person where they are and to balance challenge with encouragement.
Christy holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Georgia. She offers sessions in English and provides several online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief among the things Christy works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Christy among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Christy among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Christy among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Christy among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Christy among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Christy among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Christy among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Christy among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Christy among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Christy directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Christy directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and skills-based work fits online
Christy blends Narrative Therapy with client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people untangle unhelpful stories and build new ways of coping. Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and looks for alternative narratives that better match a person's values and goals. Client-centered work emphasizes listening and empathy to help people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) adds practical tools to change patterns of thinking and behavior and is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christy collaborates with each person to decide which methods feel most useful based on needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts methods if something isn't helping or if priorities shift over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and make it easier to keep consistent progress.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Christy help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and conversational with a focus on listening to personal stories and finding practical steps forward. She balances emotional support with skill building for everyday challenges.
What is her professional background?
She has 12 years of experience working with trauma, attachment issues, codependency, first responder concerns, and identity-related work. She combines narrative approaches with cognitive and client-centered methods.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Georgia and provides services to people located in that region.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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