Christina Dolese, LCSW
Insightful Narrative and Practical Support
Details
| Name | Christina Dolese |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Louisiana |
| Licensed in | Louisiana |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 4 |
About Christina
Christina Dolese is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Louisiana. She brings four years of clinical experience to work with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. Christina focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more capable.
She builds sessions around what each person needs that week. Conversations are meant to be straightforward and collaborative. Christina uses narrative ideas to help people reframe difficult stories and Client-Centered methods to make space for their perspectives.
Background and approach
Christina integrates cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness skills to address unhelpful thinking and strong emotions. Sessions often include small experiments between meetings, like trying a new routine or practicing a brief grounding exercise. These concrete tasks aim to make progress feel tangible.
She also uses motivational interviewing approaches to help people clarify goals and find internal motivation for change. This can be helpful for career shifts, managing caregiver stress, or addressing patterns like codependency and avoidance. Many clients come with complicated family history, attachment questions, or past trauma.
Christina helps people name those patterns and decide what to do next. She emphasizes self-compassion while working toward clearer communication and healthier boundaries. Practical logistics - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging - are used so therapy can fit into busy lives.
Christina guides the first steps and supports people as they try new ways of coping and relating.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Parenting issues among the things Christina works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Christina among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Christina 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 Christina directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Practical Methods Work Online
Christina uses Narrative Therapy to help people retell stressful or painful life stories in ways that reduce shame and open up new options. Narrative work focuses on separating the person from the problem and finding alternative storylines that feel truer to the client's values.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which puts the person's perspective at the center. Sessions aim to be accepting and nonjudgmental, so clients can speak openly and discover what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used when clients want tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through short exercises and experiments.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Christina will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they test methods and adjust the plan over time rather than committing to a single path up front.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit different routines. Video works well for more in-depth conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text can support quick check-ins or brief skill practice. These options help people maintain continuity of care while balancing work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Christina commonly address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting strain, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, and career concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Christina blends Narrative and Client-Centered approaches with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques. Sessions are collaborative, practical, and focused on small steps clients can use between meetings.
What is her clinical background?
She has four years of practice as a licensed clinical social worker. Her experience includes work with mood and anxiety concerns, attachment issues, and challenges related to family of origin.
Where is she based and licensed?
Christina is licensed in Louisiana as an LCSW and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
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