Christine Dicus , LCSW

Christine Dicus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Missouri. She focuses on practical, person-focused care that helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and life changes. Christine emphasizes finding a good match and building a working relationship that feels right for each person.

She uses client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to help people set goals and create small, achievable changes. Sessions typically begin weekly so a clear plan can be built and adjusted over time. Christine encourages routines that include self-care and realistic steps toward recovery or growth.

Her background includes work in residential settings, jails and prisons, and traditional office environments. That experience shaped a flexible, problem-solving approach and comfort with difficult situations like trauma, family separation, and criminal justice involvement. She can draw on this variety to find practical options that fit each person’s life.

Christine has six years of clinical experience working with concerns such as depression, relationship struggles, anger, self-esteem, and process or sex addictions. She also supports people facing adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, first responder stresses, and challenges common to young adults. Sessions are offered in English and she practices under a Missouri LCSW credential.

People looking to begin work with Christine will find straightforward, goal-minded care that aims to reduce symptoms and build coping skills. She values collaboration and adapts plans to each person’s needs, pace, and schedule.

How Christine's Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on a person's strengths and priorities. The therapist listens carefully and helps people identify what matters most, then follows the client's lead to set goals and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Christine will work together with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals, comfort level, and the situation. That plan can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different days and routines. Video is useful for longer sessions and visual connection, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins, and messaging helps people reflect in writing between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.