Sometimes the person who usually handles everything is the person who most needs somewhere to put it all down.
I work with adults, parents, and families navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, family conflict, parenting concerns, relationship stress, and major life transitions.
My goal is to offer a relaxed, empathetic space where we can make sense of what is happening without judgment—and figure out what might actually help.
Sometimes there is a clear reason you are struggling. Something happened. A relationship changed. Your family is under stress. An old experience keeps showing up in ways you wish it wouldn’t.
Other times it is harder to explain. You simply know you are more anxious, more depleted, less patient, more disconnected, or less like yourself than you used to be.
Therapy gives us a place to slow that down, understand what is happening underneath it, and decide what needs your attention.
You don't have to wait until life completely falls apart before deciding that something deserves your attention.
Sometimes the problem is obvious. Sometimes what looks like one problem is actually connected to several others.
Something can be over and still feel surprisingly present. Trauma may show up through anxiety, triggers, avoidance, intrusive memories, shame, emotional reactions, shutdown, or relationship patterns that are difficult to understand.
Christie uses trauma-focused therapy and EMDR to help clients process difficult experiences rather than spend the rest of their lives organizing themselves around what happened.
Explore Trauma + EMDR Therapy →Anxiety can make everything feel urgent. Depression can make everything feel heavy. Sometimes the two manage to show up together, which is particularly unhelpful.
Christie helps clients understand the patterns underneath anxiety and depression while developing healthier and more effective ways of responding.
Explore Anxiety Therapy →Loving your child does not automatically mean knowing what to do when they are struggling—or knowing how to stay regulated while trying to help them regulate.
Christie works with parents around behavioral concerns, communication, emotional needs, changing family dynamics, boundaries, and the difficult balance between supporting a child and trying not to take over their life.
Families develop patterns just like individuals do. Sometimes everyone is reacting to everyone else so quickly that nobody is quite sure how the argument even started.
Christie helps families slow those patterns down, understand what each person is responding to, improve communication, and identify what actually needs to change.
Explore Family Therapy →Your relationships change. Your kids need you differently. Careers shift. Parents age. Your priorities change. Sometimes the life that made perfect sense ten years ago does not quite fit anymore.
Christie is a good fit for adults navigating the emotional and relational changes that often come with midlife and other major transitions.
Not every loss involves a funeral. People grieve relationships, roles, identities, expectations, health, opportunities, and versions of life they thought they were going to have.
Therapy offers room to process those experiences without needing to rush yourself toward being “over it.”
Christie brings more than two decades of experience to her work, but therapy with her does not feel like sitting across from a textbook.
Her approach is relaxed, empathetic, practical, and collaborative. She creates space to talk honestly about what is happening without fear of criticism or judgment.
You can understand intellectually that you are safe now, that something happened a long time ago, or that you should be able to move on—and still find yourself reacting as though the past is happening in the present.
That is one reason Christie incorporates EMDR into her work with trauma and distressing experiences.
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused therapy that can help people process experiences that continue to trigger emotional distress.
Christie combines EMDR with more traditional therapy approaches depending on your history, symptoms, goals, and readiness for trauma processing.
Learn About EMDR TherapyYou want someone experienced enough to understand complexity without making therapy feel clinical or intimidating.
You appreciate a therapist who is thoughtful, warm, grounded, and interested in understanding the pattern—not simply putting out whichever fire appeared most recently.
Christie has more than 20 years of professional experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families.
She earned her Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Indianapolis and her Master of Social Work from Indiana University.
Along with her clinical work, Christie is a college professor teaching future social workers. She has also worked as a supervisor and continues to describe social work as a profession she feels genuinely called to.
In other words, she spends quite a bit of her life thinking about people, relationships, systems, and why humans do the surprisingly complicated things humans do.
Christie's practice is currently online. She provides telehealth therapy for clients in Indiana and eligible clients in Florida, making therapy accessible without adding driving, parking, or another commute to your day.
Indiana LCSW License: 34005410A
Florida Telehealth Provider: TPSW4137
Sometimes knowing that something isn't working anymore is enough information to begin.
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