Dr. Maureen Christensen, LMFT
Change-focused marriage and family therapist
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
How Maureen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Arizona, Nevada
- Years in practice
- 34
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Maureen
Dr. Maureen Christensen is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 34 years of experience. She focuses on helping people make real changes in how they think and behave, especially around anger, anxiety, stress, and relationship problems.
Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at practical results. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thoughts and actions and helps people change patterns that cause distress. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful space where clients feel heard.
Background and approach
Emotionally-Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method guide her work with relationships and intimacy concerns. Her background includes a PhD in Health and Human Services, a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. That mix of clinical and health training informs a practical, problem-solving style.
Sessions focus on concrete tools people can use between meetings. Dr. Christensen helps people handle grief, trauma, addictions, and life transitions.
She also supports those facing family and communication problems, codependency, infidelity, and issues with self-esteem. For people coping with cancer, hospice, or end-of-life concerns she offers steady guidance. In sessions she is direct but warm, helping clients move past self-defeating thoughts and behaviors.
The goal is to equip people with skills so they can continue growth after therapy ends. She practices in Nevada and conducts work in English.
What Maureen works with
Everything Maureen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Maureen's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Approaches Maureen lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online therapy sessions
Client-Centered Therapy is about listening and responding to what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. It helps people feel understood and encourages them to decide the pace and direction of change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, or low mood. It provides specific exercises people can practice between sessions to see gradual shifts.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match each person’s goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean blending Client-Centered listening with CBT techniques or bringing in Emotionally-Focused and Gottman ideas for relationship work. The plan is adjusted as progress is assessed together.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can fit into a shorter break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, homework review, and ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Maureen
What concerns does Dr. Christensen address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct yet supportive. She focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors and gives practical tools clients can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 34 years of counseling experience working with individuals, couples, and family concerns over the course of her career.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with NV LMFT and AZ LMFT credentials, and she practices from Nevada.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to meet different scheduling needs and preferences.
How are session costs handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on therapist availability.