Christy Stinton
Compassionate counseling for parenting and life challenges
- Credentials
- LPC, MD, LCPC
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- Maryland, Arizona, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Christy
Christy Stinton is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on practical help for everyday parenting and family concerns. She writes and speaks plainly, and she aims to make sessions feel warm and interactive. People turn to her for issues like stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, grief, relationship strains, and life transitions.
Christy brings 14 years of clinical experience and holds LPC, MD, and LCPC credentials. She uses methods that include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) alongside cognitive and person-centered approaches.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored to each person’s situation and goals. Her style is supportive and direct. She aims to build a trusting space where parents and individuals can talk through painful events, parenting difficulties, or ongoing stress.
She works to make small changes that add up over time. Christy combines practical tools with listening. That can mean skill-building for managing anxiety, strategies for coping with life changes, or focused work on trauma when appropriate.
She adapts the pace to what feels right for each person. Located in New Hampshire, Christy offers services in English and accepts international clients. She provides several online formats so people can choose what fits their schedule and comfort.
If a parent or caregiver is ready to make a change, she supports each step of the process.
Online approaches and how they fit into care
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is used to help process painful memories and reduce the intensity of distressing reactions. It involves brief focused attention on a memory while using guided bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess upsetting experiences. Alongside EMDR, Christy uses cognitive and person-centered techniques. Cognitive methods include learning practical skills to manage anxiety and stress. Person-centered work focuses on listening and building a collaborative relationship that respects each person’s pace and goals. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christy discusses options with each person and helps decide whether EMDR, cognitive strategies, person-centered talk, or a mix feels best. That choice is guided by the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. Online therapy offers flexibility for busy parents and people who live far from care. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face to face. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide alternatives for shorter check-ins or weeks when scheduling is tight. These options make it easier to fit regular meetings into a life that already has many demands, while keeping the focus on steady progress.EMDR
A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.
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Specialties and expertise
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Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, Arizona, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
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