Christine Solum, LICSW

Christine Solum is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. She uses a practical, conversational style to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. Christine aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for everyday life. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. She also uses a client-centered stance that keeps the person’s goals and pace central to the work. Sessions focus on clear skills, real problems, and small steps clients can use between meetings. Christine has worked across many concerns including parenting strain, intimacy issues, grief, compassion fatigue, and coping after loss. She also addresses obsessive thoughts, postpartum depression, ADHD, and challenges related to autism and intellectual disability. Her approach adapts to what each person brings rather than following a fixed formula. In sessions she blends discussion, practical exercises, and problem-solving. That might look like identifying thoughts that increase anxiety, practicing new ways to respond, or planning manageable behavior changes. She invites clients to shape the pace and focus of therapy. People choose her for honest, steady support when change feels hard. Christine aims to help clients gain skills and confidence so they can navigate relationships, parenting, and life transitions with more ease.

Using CBT and Client-Centered Work in Online Therapy

Christine commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and learn practical behavior changes. CBT sessions often include simple exercises, thought records, and small behavior experiments that can be done between meetings to reduce anxiety or depression.

She also offers a client-centered approach that focuses on listening, validating experience, and following the person’s lead. This helps people set goals that feel meaningful and move at a pace they choose while the therapist provides support and reflection.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean trying CBT techniques for a while, then shifting emphasis to problem-solving or supportive conversation as goals change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and exercises, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging works well for brief check-ins or homework support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress steady.