About Christine
Christine Nusser is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience. She practices from Tennessee and focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Her style is straightforward and practical, aimed at making daily life feel more manageable for the person sitting across from her.
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. Sessions often include goal-setting, skills for handling strong emotions, and work on thought patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
Christine also helps people who struggle with eating concerns, bipolar mood swings, trauma, and intimacy-related issues. Christine trained in social work and has worked in clinical settings for many years. Her background includes supporting people with chronic mental health conditions, dual diagnoses, substance concerns, and phobias.
She draws on that experience to offer steady, experience-informed care. Therapy sessions are shaped around what a person prefers and needs. Christine will use different techniques as appropriate and will explain them plainly during sessions.
Her aim is to reduce symptoms, build stability, and support personal growth. People can expect a collaborative approach that balances practical skills with attention to personal values and relationships. She speaks English and works with adults in Tennessee via multiple online formats and remote contact options.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking action that aligns with those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help when anxiety or low mood makes it hard to do what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and some eating concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for people who feel overwhelmed by strong emotions or relationship conflicts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That process may include trying skills-based work, focusing on attachment patterns, or using client-centered conversation to guide decisions.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, between-session support, or people who prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while maintaining continuity of care with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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