Cryshanna Schellenger, LPC | Therapist | Sentient Path PLLC

Cryshanna Schellenger, LPC

ADHD-CCSP · CCTP

ADHD-CCSP Trauma CCTP Anxiety Veterans Neurodivergent

About Cryshanna

🎖 US Marine Corps Veteran

One of a small number of ADHD-certified therapists in Texas — and someone who genuinely gets it.

Cryshanna Schellenger is a Licensed Professional Counselor, ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP), and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) at Sentient Path PLLC. She is one of a small number of clinicians in Texas to hold the ADHD-CCSP credential — a certification that reflects specialized training in the assessment, treatment, and lived experience of ADHD across the lifespan.

She is also a US Marine Corps veteran, which shapes both her clinical perspective and her personal understanding of what it means to carry a great deal, perform under pressure, and still struggle in ways that are not always visible. She brings that lived experience into her work with veterans, first responders, and clients who have been told they are "too much" or "not enough" — often both at the same time.

"ADHD is not a character flaw. It is a different kind of nervous system — and when you understand how yours actually works, everything changes."

Cryshanna works with adults and teens navigating ADHD, trauma, anxiety, depression, and the particular exhaustion that comes from years of masking, overcompensating, and being misunderstood. Her approach is affirming, practical, and grounded in both clinical evidence and genuine respect for the people she works with.

As a CCTP, she also brings specialized trauma training to her work — recognizing that many of her ADHD clients carry unprocessed adverse experiences that have shaped how they see themselves and how they move through the world. She holds both threads with care.

Areas of Focus

What Cryshanna works with

ADHD & Executive Functioning

As one of a small number of ADHD-CCSP certified clinicians in Texas, Cryshanna offers specialized, affirming support for adults and teens navigating ADHD — including time blindness, task paralysis, emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitivity, and the cumulative weight of years of misunderstanding.

Trauma & PTSD

As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Cryshanna works with clients navigating complex trauma, PTSD, and the long-term effects of adverse experiences. She recognizes that trauma and ADHD frequently co-occur — and that treating one without addressing the other often leaves people stuck.

Anxiety

Anxiety in ADHD brains often looks different than it does in neurotypical presentations — it can be driven by overwhelm, hypervigilance, rejection sensitivity, or the constant anticipation of failure. Cryshanna helps clients understand what is actually happening and build tools that fit how their nervous system works.

Veteran Mental Health

As a Marine Corps veteran herself, Cryshanna understands the culture, the pressures, and the particular ways that military service shapes a person. She offers a space where veterans can be honest about what they are carrying — without having to explain or justify it.

Neurodivergent-Affirming Care

Cryshanna's practice is built on the belief that neurodivergence is not a disorder to be fixed — it is a different way of being in the world that deserves understanding, not pathologizing. She works with clients who are tired of being told they need to try harder or be different.

Depression & Burnout

For clients who have been running on empty — masking, overperforming, and holding everything together for everyone else — Cryshanna offers a grounded, practical space to slow down, understand what is driving the depletion, and begin building something more sustainable.

How Cryshanna Works

ADHD-specialized. Trauma-informed. Affirming without being soft.

Cryshanna's approach is direct, practical, and grounded in a genuine respect for the people she works with. She does not pathologize neurodivergence or treat ADHD as a deficit to be managed. She helps clients understand how their brain actually works — and build strategies and self-understanding that fit that reality.

She integrates trauma-informed principles across all of her work, recognizing that many of her clients carry unprocessed experiences that shape how they see themselves and how they respond to the world. She holds both threads — ADHD and trauma — with care and clinical precision.

ADHD-Informed Therapy (ADHD-CCSP)

Cryshanna's ADHD-CCSP certification reflects specialized training in ADHD assessment, treatment, and coaching across the lifespan. She helps clients understand their executive functioning profile, build practical strategies, and develop a more compassionate relationship with how their brain works.
Trauma-Informed Care (CCTP)

As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Cryshanna integrates trauma-informed principles across all of her clinical work — recognizing that safety, trust, and the therapeutic relationship are prerequisites for real change.
CBT & Strengths-Based Approaches

Cryshanna draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and strengths-based frameworks to help clients identify unhelpful patterns, build practical coping tools, and recognize what they are already doing well — not just what needs to change.
Psychoeducation & Nervous System Work

Cryshanna believes that understanding is itself therapeutic. She spends time helping clients understand their nervous system, their ADHD profile, and the ways that past experiences have shaped their current responses — so that change feels less like willpower and more like working with yourself.

Getting Started with Cryshanna

If you are looking for an ADHD specialist who actually understands — Cryshanna may be the right fit.

Cryshanna works with adults and teens navigating ADHD, trauma, anxiety, and burnout — including veterans and active-duty military. She sees clients virtually only and has limited availability at this time. She accepts Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, United, and Medicare. Telehealth across Texas.

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