Christie Phillips , LPC

Christie Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people handle relationship strain, trauma, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Christie works with adults across a wide range of concerns and aims to build a comfortable, practical working relationship.

She uses straightforward conversation and tools to help clients set goals and make changes. Christie describes therapy as a collaborative effort where she listens, asks practical questions, and suggests steps that can be tried between sessions. People come to her for help with stress, self-esteem, addictions, parenting challenges, sleep and eating problems, and intimacy issues.

Christie has worked in many settings including medical, legal, academic, business, and community programs. That variety shaped her ability to offer clear guidance to people facing different life demands. She has particular experience with trauma, extreme emotional or behavioral challenges, autism spectrum behaviors, and relationship work, while also helping people with career, grief, and identity questions.

Her background includes both behavioral and human-development environments, which informs a practical style. Christie values diversity and adapts suggestions to each person's situation. She encourages clients to try small changes, check how they worked, and adjust the plan as needed.

Her aim is to help people find the next right step and gain more control over daily life. Christie emphasizes connection and comfort as key parts of progress and invites people who want steady, goal-focused support to consider working with her.

Approaches that guide online work and support

Christie draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize clear goals and practical steps. One common approach focuses on stabilizing reactions after trauma by helping people identify triggers, learn coping skills, and practice grounding exercises to reduce overwhelming feelings. Another approach centers on relationship and communication skills, teaching ways to express needs, set boundaries, and repair connection in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Christie will discuss what matters most to the client, try a method for a few sessions, and adjust strategies if something isn’t helping. Clients help set goals and decide which techniques feel most useful for their daily life.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when a visual conversation helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work or when being on camera isn’t wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, short coaching-style support, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep consistent work on stress, mood, relationships, and recovery while fitting therapy into a busy schedule.