How Christie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Christie
Christie Cain is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and anger. She offers calm, steady support for people facing big life changes and chronic emotional strain. Christie listens first and works to make therapy feel manageable and practical.
She uses straightforward approaches that aim to reduce worry and increase coping. Sessions focus on small, realistic steps a person can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Christie favors clear goals and real-world practice over long lectures. Her work blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a client-centered frame. That means she helps people notice painful thoughts, try new behaviors, and identify what matters most to them.
Attachment-informed ideas also shape how she talks about relationships and patterns that cause pain. Christie brings eight years of experience as a Florida LMHC to her practice. She values open communication and builds plans with each person’s values and routines in mind.
Her style is direct but warm, aiming to make sessions feel useful from the start. She also supports people coping with compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and a wide range of life stressors. Christie helps clients work through issues like codependency, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and grief with practical tools and steady guidance.
What Christie works with
Everything Christie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Christie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Christie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How online therapy and approaches work together
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without fighting them, so they can take actions that match their core values. ACT often helps with anxiety, anger, and life transitions by focusing on what matters most and building small steps toward it.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and teaches practical skills to reduce unhelpful thinking and increase helpful behavior. CBT is often used for stress, depression, and anxiety when people want concrete tools to try between sessions.
Attachment-Based ideas are used to understand patterns in close relationships and how early connections affect current trust and communication. This can help people who notice repeating relational problems or who feel stuck in certain dynamics.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Christie will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try approaches, and adjust based on what feels most useful. That collaborative process helps match methods to a person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversations and interactive work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and keeping momentum between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Christie
What concerns does Christie address in therapy?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, bipolar symptoms, and trauma. Additional focus areas include caregiver strain, chronic illness, codependency, and relationship patterns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Christie keeps sessions practical and focused on small changes. She listens closely and helps clients set realistic goals they can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience working as a mental health counselor. That experience informs how she blends different approaches to meet someone’s needs.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
Christie holds the LMHC credential and practices in Florida as an FL LMHC. Sessions are offered from her Florida practice.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Multiple formats let people choose what fits their day.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability. That starts the matching and scheduling process.