About Christine
Christine Callahan is a licensed clinician who brings more than three decades of experience to sessions. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C). She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and major life changes.
Her approach is practical and person-centered. Christine listens first and then works with each person to build a plan that fits their needs. She supports people coping with medical illness, chronic pain, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also helps with career strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges related to mood such as depression and bipolar symptoms. Christine uses a mix of approaches depending on the person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, narrative work, psychodynamic ideas, and client-centered methods to shape sessions.
That means sessions can include talking through patterns, trying new behaviors, and identifying personal values to guide change. Her work also addresses practical stressors like financial distress, caregiving responsibilities, and end-of-life or hospice concerns. She helps people who feel isolated, empty, or stuck find clearer direction and small steps forward.
Christine emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every conversation. People who choose to work with her will find a steady, experienced clinician who aims to support and empower them. She helps clients move toward a more manageable, meaningful life one step at a time.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Christine often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and take small, value-driven steps even when anxiety or difficult feelings are present. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors that reduce distress. Client-Centered Therapy is part of her practice too, which means she aims to listen without judgment and to shape sessions around each person's goals and preferences.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will work with each person to try methods, see what fits, and adjust the plan based on needs and progress. The emphasis is on practical tools and personal goals rather than a one-size-fits-all program.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make participation easier. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief reflections between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care across different settings.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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