Crystal has been a social worker since 2010, when she began working as a medical social worker in the inpatient setting. She worked in hospitals in Texas as well as California, with experience in the Intensive Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit, Emergency Room, and General Medical/Surgical units.

She attended California State University Long Beach in 2011, where she completed her Master of Social Work in one year, with Graduate Honors in the Advanced Standing Program. She completed her thesis, titled “Dying in America: A Historical Analysis of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia.” in 2012.

Crystal also worked with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society as a Community Manager for the Inland Empire, before opting to stay at home with her children due to the dystopic nature of the lack of support for working mothers and affordable and reliable childcare.

Crystal spent 2014-2019 as a whole-home manager, focusing on the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of her children. This experience is inextricable from her clinical practice. She she reentered the workforce to collect her clinical LCSW hours in October of 2019, she spent 5 months providing in-person, individual care to primarily queer folks and those with religious trauma before transitioning to primarily telehealth after COVID-19 lockdown.

After passing the LCSW exam in California in 2022, Crystal established Get Psyched Therapy & Coaching, which focuses on providing care to queer people, late-diagnosed or suspected ADHD or Autism, as well as those with religious trauma.