Chrystal Westbrook, LPC

Chrystal Westbrook is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan with 13 years of clinical experience helping individuals and couples develop practical skills for everyday life. She focuses on relationship repair and communication, working with partners to rebuild trust and address intimacy concerns so couples can relate more effectively. As a sex therapist she has experience supporting people with sexual dysfunction, desire discrepancies, body image struggles, and challenges related to chronic pain and illness.

Her mental health work also covers anxiety, depression, stress-related problems, domestic violence, sexual trauma, grief, addiction, parenting and caregiver stress among other concerns. Chrystal offers a warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where clients can explore painful or complicated issues. She applies clinically tested, evidence-based techniques and adapts her methods to fit the needs of each person or couple, drawing on models such as cognitive behavioral approaches and psychodynamic-informed perspectives alongside sex therapy frameworks.

Chrystal emphasizes practical, skill-based work so clients leave sessions with tools they can use in daily life. Whether addressing relationship patterns, intimacy and kink-affirming concerns, trauma, or life transitions, she partners with clients to identify strengths and build sustainable change. LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, a credential that indicates state authorization to provide professional counseling services.

Approaches and options for effective online therapy

Chrystal integrates therapeutic approaches suited to online work, beginning with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT helps people clarify personal values and develop psychological flexibility so they can act in ways that matter to them even when difficult thoughts and feelings arise - it is often helpful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathy, active listening, and a collaborative therapeutic relationship to support clients in finding their own solutions. This approach is well suited to building self-esteem, exploring identity, and working through relationship and caregiving concerns.

In addition, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides practical, structured tools to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replace them with more effective strategies; CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping with chronic conditions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Chrystal works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods align with their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as therapy progresses. Many clients appreciate the flexibility of online sessions - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow therapy to fit around work, family, and geographic constraints and make it easier to maintain consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists.