Christy Forrister
Patient, practical family therapist
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Christy
Christy Forrister is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who centers evidence-based methods to help families and parents facing hard moments. She keeps sessions practical and direct, guiding people through stress, anxiety, addictions, parenting struggles, depression, and life transitions. Conversations focus on what’s happening at home and what steps can help each person feel more capable.
Christy draws on seven years of clinical experience in different settings. That background includes work with trauma, family conflict, divorce, mood concerns, and co-occurring mental health issues.
Background and approach
She understands adoption and blended-family dynamics personally, and uses that perspective to talk about identity, attachment, and relationship patterns. She notices cultural and intercultural dynamics in relationships and family systems. Communication habits, identity development, and cultural integration are common topics in her work.
Christy listens for strengths families already have and helps make them more useful day to day. Her skills include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused CBT, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She teaches practical coping skills, improves communication, and supports healthier routines that reduce conflict and distress.
Faith-centered clients can bring their Christian beliefs into sessions when they want. Sessions are offered in English and provided to people in California. Christy aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where values are honored and the focus stays on steps that help families move forward.
Evidence-based techniques for online family and parenting support
Christy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In plain terms, this means identifying patterns that cause stress and practicing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and low mood.She also draws on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when trauma affects family life. That approach breaks problems into manageable steps and teaches coping skills to ease intense emotions and improve safety in relationships.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Christy works with each family or parent to decide which techniques fit their situation, goals, and values. She adjusts methods over time so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to connect when in-person visits aren’t practical. The variety also lets parents choose more conversational or more written forms of support depending on what helps them engage.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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