Crystal Dungan

Crystal Dungan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with ten years of experience. She began her career in a psychiatric hospital and has worked with a wide range of people, including military members, veterans, and adolescents. She now focuses on short-term, solution-oriented counseling and provides both individual and couples support for military-connected clients.

Her style is relaxed and conversational. She aims to make sessions feel approachable while keeping clear professional boundaries. Crystal adapts her approach to match each person's needs and pace, helping clients feel less anxious about starting therapy.

She uses practical methods that help people address stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Crystal also works with issues like parenting strain, grief, addiction, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. She brings experience with attachment and blended family challenges, caregiver stress, codependency, and infidelity concerns.

Crystal integrates several evidence-informed approaches depending on the client's goals. She draws from Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness techniques, and motivational interviewing to create a tailored plan. She also uses elements of the Gottman Method when relationship work is the focus.

Her prior clinical work includes rehabilitation services and senior behavioral care, which informs her practical, problem-solving focus. People who prefer a calm, flexible therapist and straightforward tools to manage everyday struggles may find her approach a good fit.

How her approaches translate to online work

Crystal often uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience and helping them set goals at their own pace. This approach fits well with online sessions because it centers the client's concerns and priorities.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a practical method that helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT works well for stress, anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems because it uses clear tools and short-term exercises.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan together. The aim is to pick tools that fit the client's needs and preferences rather than imposing a single method.

For practical matters, confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing for shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people continue care when schedules or locations change, while still focusing on real skills and goals.