Christy Turnquist

Christy Turnquist is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with a decade of experience helping people navigate big life shifts. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable. She helps clients who are facing addiction, parenting stress, self-esteem struggles, career changes, LGBTQ concerns, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.

Christy centers sessions on each person's goals and strengths rather than one-size-fits-all advice. She listens for what matters most and offers straightforward tools to build confidence, manage urges, and improve relationships. Conversations tend to be direct and supportive, with attention to what can change between sessions.

Her background includes ten years working with adults from varied walks of life, including people dealing with caregiving strain, cancer-related concerns, divorce and separation, and veteran or first responder stress. She also supports people facing aging and geriatric issues, family of origin wounds, and young adult transitions.

Christy emphasizes small, achievable steps such as building routines, practicing self-compassion, and making clearer career or parenting choices. She also works with smoking or vaping cessation and exploring life purpose and forgiveness when those topics arise.

People who choose her often want a practical partner who listens and helps them try tools that fit their everyday life. To begin, readers should use the site’s Start Therapy button and follow the matching questionnaire to schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Christy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical work. One common approach she applies is helping clients build behavioral routines and coping skills to reduce urges and manage daily stress; this involves setting small goals and practicing specific strategies between sessions. Another frequent focus is strengthening self-concept and confidence through guided conversations and exercises that challenge unhelpful thoughts and encourage new, productive habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will work collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they review what is working and adjust tools so therapy feels relevant and doable.

If you are interested in online work, confirm the session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Many people find that remote sessions help them fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Others value online options because they can avoid camera use, choose a quieter time at home, or schedule a session during a lunch break. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and between-session plans to make progress even when meetings are not in person.