Christi Clark, LISW
Compassionate therapist who listens and helps rewrite stories
Details
| Name | Christi Clark |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LISW |
| Based in | Ohio |
| Licensed in | Ohio |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Christi
Christi Clark is an Ohio-licensed independent social worker with ten years of clinical experience. She greets people with a calm, conversational style and aims to make therapy feel straightforward and approachable. Christi focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship concerns, grief, and parenting strain.
She also supports people dealing with trauma and compassion fatigue. Christi keeps sessions practical and down to earth. She listens closely to each person's story and helps them untangle patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
Conversations often include problem-solving, skills practice, and reframing unhelpful thoughts to make daily life more manageable. Her approach draws on Narrative therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-based ideas, Client-centered work, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Christi adapts these ways of working to the person in front of her instead of following a single recipe.
That means sessions can include telling and reshaping personal stories, building coping skills, and clarifying values that guide change. People who choose Christi often want someone who is compassionate, direct, and nonjudgmental. She aims to create a space where difficult experiences can be named and new actions can be tried.
The goal is steady, practical progress rather than quick fixes. To begin, she asks people to share current struggles and goals. From there she and the client co-create a plan that fits their life and priorities.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship issues among the things Christi works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- 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
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Christi among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Christi directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Christi directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Christi uses Narrative therapy to help people tell and reframe the stories they live by. This approach looks at how personal narratives shape feeling and behavior and helps people identify alternative storylines that match their values and goals. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that reflect what matters most, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.She sees the choice of approach as a collaborative process. During early sessions she will listen to what you want to change and which methods feel most helpful, then adapt techniques to match your goals and preferences. Together you set priorities and try small, practical steps to see what makes a difference.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or people prefer not to be on camera, live chat supports quicker check-ins, and text messaging is useful for brief updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between appointments.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Christi help address?
She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, self-esteem issues, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue among other issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is relaxed and conversational. Sessions focus on listening, practical skills, and working together to reframe stories and test new behaviors.
What is her professional background?
Christi has ten years of experience as a psychotherapist working with a wide range of concerns and populations in Ohio.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an independent licensed social worker with the credential LISW and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Christi?
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