About Christie
Dr. Christie Spence Joyner is a Georgia psychologist with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She uses practical approaches to guide people through big life changes and persistent worries.
Her work also addresses relationship and family strain, depression, and challenges that come with caregiving or workplace pressure. Dr. Joyner favors straightforward, goal-focused conversations.
She listens for strengths people already have and helps them use those strengths to make changes.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on real-life steps, skill practice, and small changes that add up over time. Her background includes significant experience with veterans and multicultural concerns. She also helps people facing isolation, communication breakdowns, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, and smoking or vaping cessation.
The work often looks at family of origin issues and how past patterns show up now. Dr. Joyner uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
These approaches shape session plans and homework in ways that match each person’s goals. The aim is to build values-based day-to-day habits while reducing symptoms that get in the way. People can expect a calm, respectful clinician who centers their choices.
The process begins with small, manageable steps and practical tools. Dr. Joyner supports people as they try new behaviors, notice what works, and adjust plans to fit their lives.
Using ACT and CBT Online to Address Anxiety and Life Stress
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take action toward those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It emphasizes noticing thoughts without getting stuck in them and committing to small, value-driven steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and real-world practice. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and social fears by breaking problems into manageable parts and testing new behaviors. Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about your goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Then she will recommend methods and adjust them based on what fits your needs and preferences, making treatment a collaborative process. Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction when that helps build momentum. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins and work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can support step-by-step coaching, quick skill practice, or emotional check-ins between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or times when travel is difficult.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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