SOUTH HILLS, PA · TELEHEALTH STATEWIDE
Crystal Fiumara, LPC
“I provide a supportive, welcoming environment where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered.”
Crystal Fiumara is a Licensed Professional Counselor at CPA Counseling’s South Hills office, also seeing clients by secure telehealth across Pennsylvania. With seventeen years in mental health — eight of them in private practice, plus drug and alcohol treatment and in-home work with children — she focuses on helping teens and adults navigate anxiety and depression, alongside ADHD, family difficulty, and life transitions.
WHO CRYSTAL WORKS WITH
Who she’s for
Crystal works with teens, young adults, and adults, individually. Seventeen years in the field, with anxiety and depression as the stated focus.
why work with Crystal
Seventeen years, mostly on two things
Breadth is useful and depth is different. Crystal has spent most of seventeen years on anxiety and depression specifically — across schools, residential care, drug and alcohol treatment, in-home work, and eight years in private practice. The same two conditions, in a lot of different contexts.
HOW CRYSTAL WORKS
Five approaches, and a focused practice
Crystal works from a focused toolkit rather than a wide one, chosen deliberately for the conditions she concentrates on. Flexible and personalized within that — tailored to your needs, personality, and goals.
CONDITIONS TREATED
What Crystal treats – who Crystal sees
- Anxiety
- Depression
- ADHD
- Family Issues
- Life Transitions
- Women’s Mental Health
For anxiety and depression
A focused practice — seventeen years on the same two things
“My goal is to empower clients with the insight, skills, and support they need to make positive changes.”
CARE PHILOSOPHY
Collaborative. And it needs your half.
Crystal’s approach centers on creating a supportive, welcoming environment where clients feel heard, understood, and respected. That is the condition for the work rather than the work itself — and she is clear about the difference.
She believes therapy is a collaborative process, which in her description means something specific: understanding your experience together, identifying goals that genuinely matter to you, and developing practical strategies for moving forward. Her ideal client is motivated for change and willing to be open and honest about what is actually happening.
Her role, as she defines it, is encouragement, support, and guidance while you build confidence and recognize your own strengths. The goal is insight and skills together — enough of both that the change holds after the sessions stop.
ABOUT CRYSTAL
Heard, understood, and respected
Crystal Fiumara has seventeen years of experience in the mental health field, including eight years in private practice, as well as experience in drug and alcohol treatment and in-home therapy for children.
Throughout her career she has supported people facing a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges, with a particular focus on helping teens and adults navigate anxiety and depression. She earned her master’s degree in Counseling from Carlow University, which provided the foundation for her clinical work and her commitment to compassionate, individualized care.
Her approach centers on creating a supportive, welcoming environment where clients feel heard, understood, and respected. She believes therapy is a collaborative process, and works with each client to better understand their experiences, identify meaningful goals, and develop practical strategies for moving forward.
Whether clients are coping with anxiety, depression, life transitions, or other challenges, her goal is to empower them with the insight, skills, and support they need to make positive changes and strengthen their overall well-being. She sees clients at the South Hills office and by telehealth across Pennsylvania.
Years in Practice
8 in private practice
Anxiety & Depression
Teens and adults
Personalized Care Plans
No program commitments required
CONDITION GUIDE
Therapy guides from Crystal Fiumara
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