Crista ShawLCPC

Crista Shaw is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) based in Maine with 15 years of experience. She focuses on creating an open space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, trauma, family concerns, and anger. Crista aims to make the first step feel doable and recognizes that reaching out takes courage.

Crista uses straightforward conversation to help clients sort through immediate worries. She listens first, then works alongside people to identify practical steps for coping. Sessions often include skill-building to manage strong emotions and to reduce distress day to day.

Her background includes work with grief, depression, postpartum concerns, and mood disorders. She also supports people facing issues such as adoption and foster care challenges, blended family tensions, and family of origin problems. Crista brings 15 years of regular practice to these topics.

For people wrestling with identity and sexuality questions, LGBT issues, or women’s health concerns, she offers a nonjudgmental approach. Crista also addresses impulsivity, isolation, and life purpose questions that often come up in young adulthood.

Clients can expect plain language and steady support rather than clinical jargon. The focus is on what helps in daily life - clearer thinking, more effective coping, and gentler self-talk. To begin, people are invited to take the next step and complete the site’s matching process to find a time to meet.

How therapy approaches translate to online sessions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life actions. It helps with anxiety, depression, and mood concerns by teaching practical skills to change thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal skills. It is useful for intense emotions, impulsivity, and relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Crista will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences, and together they decide which methods to use. That collaboration helps match techniques to what the person wants to change in daily life.

The therapist biography did not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people try skill-building and guided exercises from their usual routines, which can help apply new strategies between visits.