About Christie
Christie Maether is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings a calm, practical style to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, self-esteem concerns, depression, and big life changes. She has about 10 years of experience working in community mental health clinics and schools.
That background means she has helped people across different stages of life, with a particular interest in young adults and women navigating identity and transition.
Background and approach
Many clients Christie meets are motivated to change but feel stuck or overwhelmed. Christie uses a person-centered approach. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them find what fits.
She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to show how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and how small changes can add up. She likes to look at the whole situation. Challenges often come from relationships, past experiences, daily habits, and environment.
Sessions can include setting boundaries, shifting routines, or learning acceptance for things outside one’s control. Christie aims for a collaborative, supportive space where people can untangle confusing feelings and make choices that feel right. She works with practical steps and reflective conversation so clients can rebuild clarity and move forward with their lives.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. This can help with anxiety and life decisions by clarifying what matters and guiding purposeful steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to recognize and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, which is useful for stress, low mood, and worry. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for regulating intense emotions and improving communication, which can reduce conflict and overwhelm.Deciding which approach to use is part of the work. Christie will collaborate with each person to find the best fit based on their goals, needs, and daily life. She often blends techniques so clients learn tools that suit their situation rather than sticking to one single label.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy routines. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be a good shorter check-in with less bandwidth, live chat supports quick back-and-forth, and messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility for people managing schedules, caregiving, or changing energy levels while working on anxiety, stress, and life transitions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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