About Christopher
Christopher Simms is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of practice. He works from Texas and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and relationship concerns. He also supports people facing ADHD, grief, self-esteem struggles, and LGBT-related issues.
He aims for respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care. Sessions are conversational and practical. Christopher tailors the dialogue and plan to each person's situation instead of using a one-size-fits-all script.
Background and approach
In session he uses plain language and concrete steps. People can expect to talk through current problems, identify patterns that get in the way, and try doable strategies between meetings. He mixes skill-building with values-based discussion to help with day-to-day challenges.
Christopher draws on several clinical approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address mood, worry, and behavior concerns. He also integrates dialectical skills when emotion regulation or intense states are present. He has two decades of experience across multiple settings and brings that background into a collaborative process.
Clients set goals and he helps track progress while adjusting the approach as needed. Christopher uses a calm, nonjudgmental style and focuses on practical changes that fit each person's life.
Approach and online options that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small, committed steps toward those values. It combines acceptance of difficult thoughts with practical action plans and can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for worry, mood problems, and building new coping skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christopher will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. He checks in and adjusts the plan as progress is tracked so the approach stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work better when bandwidth is limited. Chat and text are useful for quick updates, skill practice, or when typing feels easier than talking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity between meetings.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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