Chris Goetz, LPC

Chris Goetz is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. She works with people managing grief, eating concerns, parenting stress, LGBT issues, bipolar mood concerns, and family conflict. Chris practices in Texas and uses straightforward, person-focused care to help people make changes. Chris brings 16 years of experience to sessions and draws from several therapeutic styles to match a person's needs. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early connections affect current relationships. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and DBT skills to manage intense emotion. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is thinking about changing substance use or other behaviors. In a typical session Chris listens first, then helps set clear goals. She focuses on small, practical steps people can try between appointments. Sessions may include talking, skill practice, and checking which strategies work and which need to change. Chris has worked with people who experienced severe trauma and emotional abuse and with those navigating co-occurring substance use and mental health concerns. She pays attention to attachment wounds, abandonment themes, and family of origin patterns when they show up in therapy. People who choose Chris will find a therapist who adjusts the approach to what feels most useful. She aims to help clients identify core issues, challenge unhelpful patterns, and build skills for everyday life.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work looks at how past relationships shape current behavior and emotions. Online sessions using this approach explore patterns in close relationships, help name attachment needs, and practice different ways of connecting or setting boundaries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and testing new, more helpful responses. Online CBT often uses brief exercises, thought records, and concrete homework between sessions to build new habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. Delivered online, DBT-style work emphasizes skills training, behavioral practice, and coaching through real-life situations. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose and adjust methods based on goals, preferences, and what proves useful in practice. Sessions are meant to be a team effort toward clear, manageable steps. The original profile does not list the specific online session formats offered, so please confirm current session options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that is helpful. It also supports doing skill practice in everyday settings and making homework feel more relevant to daily life.