About Christine
Christine Solum is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Minnesota with 25 years of experience. She uses a warm, interactive style to help people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and attention-related challenges such as ADHD. She blends straightforward conversation with practical strategies.
Sessions focus on clear goals, skill building, and habits that make day-to-day life more manageable. Christine aims to make therapy feel collaborative and down-to-earth rather than technical or overwhelming.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term work across many life stages and situations. That experience informs an approach that mixes client-centered listening with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy. This allows for both empathetic support and hands-on tools you can use between sessions.
Christine often helps people navigate parenting stress, postpartum issues, blended family dynamics, divorce and separation, caregiving and end-of-life concerns, obsessive behaviors, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those facing challenges related to autism spectrum traits, intellectual disability, and LGBTQ matters. When starting, she tailors dialogue and plans to each person’s needs.
The focus is on clear steps forward, such as reducing worry, improving daily routines, managing strong emotions, and repairing important relationships. Christine encourages people to take small, steady actions toward a more balanced life.
How therapy approaches shape online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on active listening and meeting each person where they are. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what is important, and helps the person identify their own goals and values. This approach is helpful when someone needs support sorting feelings, building confidence, or deciding next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, emphasizes practical skills and behavior change. It looks at patterns of thinking and acting that keep problems going and teaches steps to shift them. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and attention-related struggles like ADHD where concrete strategies can make daily life easier.
Finding the right approach is part of working together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust as progress is made. This is a collaborative process that balances supportive listening with skill-building exercises.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when scheduling is tight. Live chat and text messaging work well for short check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers written communication. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep consistent momentum in therapy.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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