Crystal Scarborough , LCMHC

Crystal Scarborough is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with five years of clinical experience across hospitals, schools, community settings, and private practice. She has worked with children, adolescents, couples, and families, offering individual, group, couples, and family therapy tailored to each person or system's needs.

She trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Family Centered Treatment and commonly incorporates client-centered and mindfulness-based interventions when they fit the client's goals. She also holds dual master's degrees in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Career Counseling and has completed focused training in mental health wellness recovery, marital counseling, substance abuse assessment, systems and family assessment, depression, co-occurring disorders, suicide prevention, and anxiety.

Scarborough emphasizes building a collaborative therapeutic relationship founded on openness, trust, and mutual understanding. She works with clients to identify meaningful goals and creates a personalized treatment plan as a practical blueprint for change. Homework assignments may be used to reinforce progress between sessions, and honest engagement with those tasks supports the work toward chosen outcomes. Her professional interests include anxiety, stress, self-esteem difficulties, relationship concerns, women's issues, life transitions, and behavioral challenges, and she has experience working with diverse populations including LGBTQ+ individuals.

Could Remote Therapy Be a Good Fit?

Many people wonder whether online therapy can make a meaningful difference. For a range of common concerns - including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and navigating life changes - online therapy has been shown to be just as effective as traditional in-person sessions.

One major benefit is flexibility. Individuals can connect with licensed professionals in the format that works best for them: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or in-app messaging. This range of options can make it easier to integrate therapeutic work into a busy life.

Licensed professionals offer a variety of therapeutic approaches, and clients can change therapists if they seek a different fit. For many people, remote therapy provides accessible, consistent support while addressing the same types of goals and concerns that in-person therapy does.