- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Attachment and abandonment
About Crystal
Crystal Gerlock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Colorado with 30 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem concerns, depression, and trauma as they affect adults. Crystal also addresses family of origin issues and related challenges that often trace back to early relationships.
Her approach draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, paired with experiential methods that invite active participation. Sessions tend to focus on developing practical coping skills and clearer emotional understanding. She emphasizes steady skill-building over quick fixes.
Clients commonly work on managing overwhelming emotions, reducing anxiety, and grieving losses both large and small. Crystal also helps people identify patterns that began in childhood and still influence current relationships and self-image. She frames these patterns as understandable habits rather than moral failings.
In sessions she teaches concrete strategies - thought tracking, distress-tolerance skills, and behavioral experiments - and uses experiential exercises when they help move a stuck issue forward. Work on self-esteem and codependency centers on recognizing unhelpful beliefs and practicing different responses.
Her long practice includes end-of-life and hospice-related counseling as well as support for caregivers, chronic illness, and issues related to adoption or abandonment. People who want practical tools and direct feedback about family patterns often find this approach useful.
How evidence-based methods translate to online sessions
Many of the approaches Crystal uses are well suited to conversation and skill practice. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments; it helps with anxiety, depression, and repetitive negative thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete tools for distress tolerance and emotion regulation and is useful when strong emotions get in the way of everyday functioning.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and adapt techniques to match a client's goals, preferences, and what works in session. That conversation is collaborative and practical rather than rigid.
The practical benefits of online sessions include fitting therapy into a busy day and reducing travel time. Confirm the available session formats before booking to know whether video or phone sessions are offered. Online work still allows for exercises, thought records, behavioral experiments, and brief check-ins that fit into a lunch break or an evening at home.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem problems, depression, and trauma-related concerns. Family of origin issues and attachment-related patterns are also listed focus areas.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy combined with experiential exercises. The work emphasizes building skills and practicing new ways of responding.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working with people on grief, loss, and related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Colorado Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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