Christa Martin, LPC

Christa Martin is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and life transitions. She works with individuals who are managing mood disorders, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and career stress. Christa practices in Mississippi and draws on seven years of clinical experience to guide clients toward clearer coping steps.

Christa uses practical, goal-focused methods in sessions. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with emotion-focused work and brief solution-focused planning to address immediate problems. For clients with trauma histories, she incorporates EMDR-informed strategies alongside mindfulness tools to reduce distress and increase emotional regulation.

Her background includes work alongside veterans and first responders, which informs an understanding of service-related stress and the effects of high-pressure roles. She also supports people navigating financial strain, postpartum mood issues, panic, and social anxiety. Sessions emphasize skills that can be practiced between meetings to build steady change.

Christa frames counseling as collaborative problem-solving. She pays attention to each person’s beliefs and life context while helping them set short-term goals. Many clients leave sessions with a clear plan for the next week and concrete techniques to manage symptoms.

People considering therapy are invited to begin with a brief intake to match goals and preferences. The process focuses on practical steps, steady skill-building, and creating a manageable plan for coping and recovery.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to ease anxiety, panic, depression, and mood swings. It gives short-term tools that people can practice between sessions to see gradual change.

EMDR, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, is used for processing traumatic memories and reducing distress tied to past events. In session this often involves paced recollection and techniques aimed at changing how memories affect daily life.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on recognizing and naming feelings, then using that awareness to change patterns in close relationships and reduce emotional reactivity.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level. Plans may combine approaches and adjust over time based on what helps most.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking. Ask which formats are available and how scheduling works. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy fits everyday life better.