About Christopher
Christopher Lankford is a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Arkansas with five years of professional experience. He earned a master’s degree in social work in 2018 and focuses on practical help for everyday problems. He aims to meet people where they are and build useful skills for daily life.
Christopher creates a caring, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through stress, anxiety, anger, depression, or trauma. He emphasizes clear, doable strategies rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented, with attention to what will make life more manageable. He often uses approaches that teach skills to handle strong emotions and difficult thoughts. That can include practices for staying present, shifting unhelpful thinking, and tolerating intense feelings.
Christopher tailors those tools to each person’s needs and pace. People come to him for a range of concerns, including self-esteem, coping with life changes, relationship and family strain, grief, bipolar mood concerns, and ADHD. He also addresses issues such as substance use, eating and body-image struggles, attachment or communication problems, and gender identity questions.
Christopher believes therapy should leave people with skills they can use later. He works with clients to set clear, realistic goals and track progress. He encourages small steps and practical practice between sessions to build lasting change.
Therapeutic tools and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that reflect personal values. It is useful for people who want to reduce avoidance and build a life that matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical emotion-regulation, distress-tolerance, and interpersonal skills for handling intense feelings and relationship challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That can mean combining skills from different approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match practical needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Chat and messaging offer shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing other life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas, Missouri
- Languages
- English
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