About Christine
Christine Callahan, MD, LCSW-C brings over three decades of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on practical ways to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and cope with grief and major life changes. Her approach is steady and respectful, aimed at helping people take small, useful steps toward better daily functioning.
She combines talk-based methods with focused techniques to address trauma, compassion fatigue, and the emotional impact of illness or caregiving.
Background and approach
Sessions often look at immediate problems and build concrete skills for coping. Christine adapts conversations and plans to fit each person’s situation and goals. People seek her help for mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, for relationship and intimacy struggles, and for challenges tied to work, career, or identity including LGBT issues.
She also supports those navigating chronic pain, cancer, hospice and end-of-life matters, and the strain of caregiving. Her clinical toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered work, Narrative approaches, and psychodynamic ideas. These directions guide how she frames problems and the options she offers, rather than following a single formula.
Christine works with people who want straightforward guidance and thoughtful listening. She emphasizes collaboration, helping clients set realistic goals and try new skills between sessions. Her style is practical, calm, and grounded in long experience.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns; it often helps with depression, anxiety, and mood regulation. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and creating a respectful space so people can find their own solutions and build confidence.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what actually helps. That collaborative process lets the client test techniques and pick the mix that fits their needs and preferences.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for in-depth conversational work, phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging fit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, or other busy lives while keeping focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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