Christie Jacobus, LPC

Christie Jacobus is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 17 years of clinical experience helping people navigate relationship challenges, family dynamics, and major life transitions. She combines a warm, pragmatic approach with evidence-informed techniques to support clients dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and the complex stresses that come with caregiving, career shifts, and parenting.

Working with individuals, couples, and families, she addresses intimacy and communication difficulties, blended family concerns, and issues related to self-esteem, body image, and chronic illness. Christie also supports clients facing fertility and first responder stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and eating or sleeping disturbances, offering focused strategies for coping and problem solving.

Christie draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the Gottman Method for relationships, and solution-focused techniques to tailor care to each person s needs. As an LPC she emphasizes collaboration, practical tools, and resilience-building to help clients clarify goals and make meaningful changes. She provides services in English and works with clients across Texas to create a supportive space for growth and healing.

Therapeutic approaches and online care with Christie

Christie uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, empathetic environment where clients guide the pace and focus of sessions; this approach is well suited to people seeking a supportive space to explore identity, relationships, and life purpose. She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy - CBT to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and everyday coping challenges. In couples work she incorporates elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication patterns, reduce conflict, and strengthen relationship connection.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Christie works collaboratively with each client to determine which techniques best match their goals, values, and preferences. She often blends methods to tailor interventions and track progress together with the client.

Online therapy with Christie is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and fit care into busy lives. These options make it easier to access a licensed professional from home, work, or other convenient locations while maintaining continuity of support during transitions and stressful periods.