Christopher Thrift, LPC

Christopher Thrift is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi with eight years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage addictions, mood concerns, anger, anxiety, and life stress. He aims to make beginning therapy less intimidating and supports people who want practical change.

He creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through difficult thoughts and feelings. Sessions are conversational and focused on real-world coping skills. He listens first, then works with each person to set clear, manageable goals.

Christopher commonly uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different responses. He also draws on client-centered approaches that prioritize the person’s perspective and pace. Together these methods are used to address sleeping problems, grief, trauma, self-esteem, and relationship concerns.

Many clients come with issues like substance use, obsessive or compulsive behaviors, or life changes such as divorce and parenting stress. He also supports people dealing with career transitions, fatherhood questions, and questions about meaning and forgiveness. Sessions focus on skills you can practice between meetings.

Therapy with him moves at the client’s speed and emphasizes small, steady steps. He helps people build routines, communication habits, and coping tools that fit daily life. For those seeking help from outside Mississippi, sessions are available to international clients in English.

Online options using CBT and client-centered care

Christopher uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people identify patterns of thinking that feed anxiety, depression, or compulsive behaviors and then practice different responses. CBT techniques often include breaking problems into small steps, testing new behaviors, and building daily routines that improve sleep, mood, and stress levels.

He also uses client-centered methods that focus on listening and following the person’s pace. This approach emphasizes understanding the client’s experience and working collaboratively rather than directing every change. Together these approaches are aimed at practical progress on issues like addiction, anger, relationship stress, and grief.

Online therapy with him is flexible. Video calls are useful for full sessions when face-to-face conversation matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, skill prompts, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on goals and usable skills.