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Ana Crixell

Compassionate skills-based support for life transitions

LPC Texas

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Ana

Ana Crixell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who focuses on helping people strengthen communication and manage life changes. She centers work on practical skills that make everyday interactions less stressful.

Background and approach

Ana guides clients through relationship tensions, workplace strain, and personal transitions with steady support. Her approach blends well-known methods so sessions feel concrete and goal-oriented.

She uses strategies from the Gottman Method to address interaction patterns, and draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to work on thinking and behavior. Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques help people find short-term tools that fit daily life.

Ana has ten years of clinical experience working with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She helps people build self-esteem and cope with grief, anger, and ADHD-related challenges.

Her practice also addresses parenting concerns, career stress, and the emotional fallout from separation and divorce. Sessions emphasize clear communication skills and practical steps.

Clients can expect a collaborative tone where goals are set together and progress is reviewed. Ana supports people who want concrete changes in how they handle conflict, control issues, or workplace problems.

She offers therapy in English and practices throughout Texas. Her work is especially aimed at those seeking skills for better relationships and steadier emotional health.

Ana invites people ready to try structured, skill-based work to reach out and start the matching process.

Using practical therapy approaches online

Ana integrates the Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in remote sessions. The Gottman Method focuses on how people talk and interact, helping identify patterns that lead to repeated conflict and teaching skills to improve conversations. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person and their experience, giving space for each person to feel heard and for goals to emerge from what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers tools to change unhelpful patterns that maintain anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ana will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. She helps choose strategies and adjusts them over time so the plan fits the client’s life and needs in a collaborative way.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practicing communication skills. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow quick check-ins and ongoing coaching-style support between longer sessions. These formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and make it easier to maintain regular contact with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Ana commonly help with?
Ana helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, parenting, career strain, coping with life changes, and ADHD. She also addresses communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, family problems, forgiveness, women's issues, and workplace issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is compassionate and collaborative with an emphasis on practical skills. Sessions typically combine conversational exploration with concrete actions to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings ten years of experience working with adults on interpersonal and life-transition concerns. That background includes workplace stress, relationship dynamics, and trauma-related issues.
Where is Ana licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices with clients in that state.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can international clients work with Ana?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsAnger managementSelf esteem

Also works with

Trauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Communication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationFamily problemsForgivenessWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed in

Texas

Languages

English