Christine Nusser, LCSW

Christine Nusser is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She practices from Tennessee and uses clear, practical strategies to help people feel steadier and more in control. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at meeting each person where they are.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based work to address symptoms and everyday challenges. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts, building coping skills, and strengthening relationships. Christine adapts her approach to each person’s needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

Her background includes a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee and an undergraduate degree in psychology from Lipscomb University. She also earned an MBA in finance from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Those combined perspectives shape a practical, problem-focused way of working.

People come to Christine for help with trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, eating concerns, bipolar disorder, anger, and other complex problems. She has long experience supporting those with chronic mental health conditions and co-occurring challenges. Treatment goals often include symptom reduction, improved stability, and clearer personal goals.

Christine offers psychotherapy that emphasizes collaboration and skill-building. New clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions that fit their lives. Her practice aims to be straightforward and focused on real change.

Online approaches that match your goals

Christine commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as starting points. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical exercises, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related patterns. ACT emphasizes values and committed action, helping people accept difficult emotions while making steps toward what matters to them.

She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions and closeness. That work can be useful for intimacy issues, communication problems, and patterns that repeat across relationships. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist and client talk through goals, preferences, and what feels most useful before settling on a plan.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper, face-to-face conversations, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can help with shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep consistent work toward the goals you set together.