Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Cindy works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cindy
Cindy Hannigan is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and struggles with relationships. She also supports clients dealing with grief, addiction, parenting strain, ADHD, career questions, and identity concerns. Her style is calm, direct, and nonjudgmental.
Cindy keeps sessions focused on practical steps that fit everyday life. She uses clear tools to manage strong emotions and improve communication. Many people work on reducing angry outbursts, sleeping better, or rebuilding trust in close relationships.
Background and approach
Her approach blends several methods to match each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps challenge unhelpful thoughts. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for intense feelings and steadying mood swings.
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and make room for difficult feelings without getting stuck. Attachment-Based and Client-Centered techniques shape how she addresses relationship patterns and builds a trusting therapeutic relationship. Cindy has worked in the field for 12 years and brings that practical experience into sessions.
Conversations are collaborative and goal-oriented, with concrete homework when useful. She aims to help people return to daily life with better coping tools and clearer next steps.
What Cindy works with
Everything Cindy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Cindy's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cindy lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing thoughts that lead to unhelpful feelings and actions. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and anger by teaching concrete ways to reframe thinking and test new behaviors.Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes practical skills for handling intense emotions and improving relationships. It teaches breathing and grounding techniques, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that can reduce explosive reactions.
Cindy will work with each person to decide which approaches fit best. Finding the right method is a joint process that considers goals, daily routines, and what feels most helpful. She adjusts tools over time as progress and needs become clearer.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions work when internet bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates between sessions or choose a format that feels easier on a given day. These options help people keep therapy consistent while fitting into work, caregiving, or school commitments.
Questions people ask about Cindy
What concerns does Cindy help with?
Cindy supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleeping problems, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and career or life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is calm, direct, and collaborative. Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer communication, and step-by-step changes that fit daily life.
What background and experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns. That experience informs a straightforward, skills-based approach in sessions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas and practices there.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and the subscription model used by the service. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.