About Christine
Christine Shephard is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Florida with seven years of professional experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, motivation, and ADHD. Her style is straightforward and supportive for people who want change but feel stuck.
She creates an open space where clients can talk without feeling judged. Sessions focus on figuring out what matters to the client and taking small steps toward those goals.
Background and approach
Conversations are down-to-earth and aimed at making daily life easier to manage. Christine draws on several approaches to tailor work to each person. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings while moving toward valued goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify patterns of thought and try new behaviors that reduce distress. Mindfulness and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy appear when people need tools for emotional regulation and staying present. Client-centered principles guide the relationship so clients set the pace and priorities.
The result is practical support that fits the client’s day-to-day life. Her background includes helping people cope with compassion fatigue, grief, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and major life transitions. Christine also supports those facing work and career stress, relationship struggles, sleep problems, and substance-related concerns.
People who reach out can expect collaborative planning, concrete coping strategies, and a focus on small, achievable changes. Christine aims to help clients build routines and habits that make life feel more manageable over time.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, low motivation, and stress where getting back to meaningful activity matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. It often includes simple practice tasks to try between sessions so progress carries into everyday life.Finding the best fit is a team effort. Christine will work with each person to discuss goals, try approaches, and adjust methods based on what works. The therapeutic plan is collaborative and can mix ACT, CBT, mindfulness, and DBT skills as needed to match the client’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when video feels tiring. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily realities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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