About Christy
Christy Garnhart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She works with concerns like depression, mood disorders, ADHD, trauma, grief, and relationship strain. Her style aims to be practical and supportive so clients can try small changes that matter.
Christy draws on seven years of recent clinical practice to guide conversations toward clear next steps. She often focuses on strengths people already have and on identifying thought and behavior patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to center on problem solving, realistic goals, and tools that can be used between meetings. Her background includes work with people facing parenting and family-related challenges, compassion fatigue, identity concerns, and life transitions. She has experience with ADHD, autism and Asperger Syndrome, bipolar disorder, and mood dysregulation.
This background informs how she helps people tailor strategies to daily life. Christy uses motivational interviewing to help people find internal reasons to change. She also uses solution-focused therapy to set concrete, short-term goals and measure progress.
These approaches are applied in straightforward, conversational sessions. Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances listening and practical planning. Christy explains options clearly and works together with people to choose what to try next.
She invites questions and adjusts plans as needs evolve.
How her approaches work online
Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people clarify what matters to them and find personal reasons to change. It can be useful when someone feels stuck or needs help committing to a new habit or behavior.Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, achievable steps and measurable progress. It is especially helpful for people who want concrete goals and a short-term plan for moving forward.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Christy will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as progress is made. The process is iterative and based on what actually helps.
Online sessions offer flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls let you work face to face when that matters. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be simpler during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, daily tracking, or shorter conversations that fit between other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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