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Crystal Hackett, LMFT

  • Experience16 years
  • LocationMinnesota
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
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About Crystal

Crystal Hackett is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Minnesota with 16 years of clinical experience. She blends structured, evidence-informed techniques with a warm, approachable style to support people facing relationship strains, trauma, mood disorders, and life transitions.

Background and approach

Crystal uses tools drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, emotionally-focused and solution-oriented ideas to help clients develop clearer thinking, stronger emotional regulation, and healthier interaction patterns. Her background includes work in residential and outpatient settings with individuals, couples, and families, often helping people who have experienced significant trauma as well as those navigating everyday stressors.

Crystal aims to create a validating, nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard and understood, and she focuses on practical steps that reduce distress and improve daily functioning. She also addresses issues such as parenting challenges, ADHD-related concerns, grief, sleeping problems, anger, and communication difficulties.

Crystal emphasizes collaboration and offers guidance tailored to each person’s goals and circumstances. Her approach centers on making the process of beginning therapy more comfortable while supporting clients as they move toward greater stability and improved relationships.

Approach-driven online therapy for relationships and life challenges

Crystal often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop concrete coping skills that reduce anxiety, improve mood, and support behavior change. She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy principles to help partners and family members understand core emotions and rebuild connection through clearer emotional communication.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Crystal works with each client to assess goals, preferences, and the nature of the presenting concerns, then adapts techniques from different modalities to fit their needs. This collaborative planning helps ensure that sessions focus on practical steps while honoring the client’s emotional experience.

Online sessions are offered through multiple formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility for varying schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to attend regularly, maintain continuity during life changes, and integrate therapeutic work into everyday life while staying connected with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Crystal address?
She works with a wide range of issues including relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, mood disorders, depression, ADHD, grief, and sleep or anger difficulties.
What therapeutic style does she use in sessions?
Her practice integrates approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused strategies, the Gottman Method, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to create practical, skills-based work that also attends to emotion and attachment.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Crystal brings 16 years of counseling experience, including work in both residential and outpatient settings with individuals, couples, and families.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) licensed in Minnesota, listed as MN LMFT 2364, and practices in the state of Minnesota.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for remote work?
Clients can meet with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on scheduling and preferences.
How are fees and billing handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issues

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyGriefSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsFatherhood issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Sexual assault and abuseTraumatic brain injuryYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Licensed

Minnesota

Languages

English

What Crystal can help with

Crystal Hackett works with clients on relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and parenting issues.

Crystal works with individuals, couples, and families.

Crystal works with those that have experienced significant trauma.

How Crystal approaches therapy

Crystal's clinical approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Crystal is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Minnesota, with 16 years of clinical experience.