Chris Goetz

Chris Goetz is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Texas who focuses on grief, end-of-life concerns, and related emotional challenges. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship struggles, trauma, and depression. Chris aims to create a calm space for people to talk through what matters most to them.

She uses a person-centered style that focuses on the person rather than labels. Sessions often look at early attachment patterns and how they shape present relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when practical to manage mood, thoughts, and behaviors.

Chris has 16 years of counseling experience and has long worked with people impacted by severe trauma, emotional abuse, and co-occurring substance concerns. She also brings experience supporting people through life changes such as divorce, caregiving strain, cancer, and addiction recovery. Her work includes attention to issues like abandonment, dissociation, codependency, and family of origin problems.

Her approach is conversational and direct. She helps people identify patterns, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and build skills for emotional regulation. Sessions move at a pace set by the client and focus on practical steps as well as deeper understanding.

People who choose Chris can expect a collaborative process that balances coping strategies with exploration of underlying wounds. She frames therapy as a partnership aimed at helping people reclaim balance, meaning, and healthier ways of relating.

Approaches that translate to online grief and trauma work

Attachment-based therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape trust, closeness, and coping today. It helps people better understand how past bonds still affect current relationships and grief reactions. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience in the moment, offering a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings are heard and reflected back to help the person gain clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and some grief symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean starting with skill-building tools, then shifting to deeper attachment work, or using both together.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as fitting a session during a lunch break, avoiding travel time, or choosing a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. For some people, working remotely helps keep focus on skills practice and emotional processing without adding commute stress. Licensed professionals can adapt attachment, client-centered, and CBT work to an online setting while working with each person’s pace and goals.