About Christine
Christine "Christie" Kraft is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress and anxiety and supports those facing trauma, parenting challenges, and family conflict. Christie approaches each person with respect and plain language.
She focuses on what matters to the individual in front of her. Christie believes people know important things about their own lives. She listens first and helps clients name strengths they can use.
Background and approach
Sessions are nonjudgmental and aimed at practical steps that fit a person's daily life. Small, steady changes are often the goal. Her work draws on therapies that focus on thoughts, behaviors, values, and relationships.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and how they affect stress and self-worth. Christine blends acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take meaningful steps.
Dialectical behavior tools and client-centered methods are used when emotion regulation and validation are needed. The mix is adapted to each person's needs rather than a fixed program. Based in Arizona, Christie offers straightforward support for concerns like social anxiety, guilt, shame, and issues that come with divorce or separation.
Her style is calm and practical, helping people set manageable goals and practice new skills between sessions.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that match those values. It is useful when anxiety or stress makes it hard to move toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. It often involves practical exercises to practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help the person decide which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can shift over time as progress is made or new challenges arise.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and work more directly on skills. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter, more frequent contact for homework, brief support, or when typing is easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into a real-life schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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