Christie Hines, LCSW

Christie Hines is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who brings eight years of experience to her therapy work. She uses a warm, down-to-earth style to help people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or ready for change. Christie aims to create a space where clients can speak openly and be themselves.

Her practice leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact. She helps people notice and gently challenge unhelpful thought patterns. That often leads to easier ways of managing anxiety, stress, and strong emotions.

Christie also draws on client-centered techniques to keep sessions collaborative and focused on each person’s goals. She uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness to teach practical skills for emotional regulation and staying present. Motivational Interviewing may appear when clients are deciding on next steps or trying to build new habits.

Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, and relationship or family conflict. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, caregiver stress, blended family challenges, and recovery from domestic violence or other trauma.

Christie has worked with military service members and understands the particular pressures of military life and transitions. She emphasizes meeting people where they are and tailoring therapy rather than applying a one-size-fits-all plan. If someone is unsure how to begin, she offers simple first steps and a calm place to start.

How Christie’s Approaches Work Online

Christie often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot the links between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to try small changes that can reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT is practical and problem-focused, useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and habit change.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions collaborative and focused on each person’s goals. That approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace so decisions feel supported rather than imposed.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christie will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaboration helps shape a plan that fits daily life and what the client wants to change.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow quieter check-ins during a lunch break or between commitments. It can also let a therapist coach skills like emotion regulation, thought tracking, and mindfulness in the moment, so practice carries over into day-to-day life.