Kristi McClatchy, LPC

Kristi McClatchy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on everyday worries, major life changes, grief, and the emotional fallout from trauma and abuse. She creates a warm, affirming space for people to talk about what matters to them and to set both short-term and long-term goals.

Kristi often supports clients who are wrestling with attachment wounds or family-of-origin issues that show up in adult relationships. She talks people through understanding their attachment style and practices that can help them feel safer in connection with others. She also brings attention to identity and social context, using queer-allied and feminist ideas to explore how larger systems affect personal experience.

Her approach centers on listening, validation, and collaboration. Kristi uses client-centered methods alongside techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and trauma-focused work to help people build coping skills and emotional balance. She also integrates creative practices like art, movement, writing, meditation, and music when those methods suit a person’s needs.

Kristi has nine years of clinical experience and has worked in nonprofit settings, day treatment programs, and inpatient psychiatric hospitals. She notes specific limits to her practice and will help connect a person with a different therapist if their needs require more specialized training.

To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability. Kristi offers therapy in English and does not take international clients at this time.

How her approaches guide online care

Kristi uses Attachment-Based work to help people notice how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach explains how attachment injuries can affect trust and closeness, and it guides practical steps toward more secure ways of connecting.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, which focuses on building concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT skills can be practiced between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve coping. Kristi integrates mindfulness practices to help people ground themselves and notice thoughts and feelings without judgment; mindfulness complements both attachment work and DBT skills.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to a person’s goals and preferences, then propose methods to try together. Adjustments happen as needed so the work stays relevant and useful for daily life.

Many people find online therapy helps sessions fit into busy schedules and daily routines. It can make it easier to attend regular check-ins, practice skills in the moments they’re needed, and use shorter or more frequent visits when that better supports progress. Please confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are available.