Chris Freeman-Clark
Practical support to manage family and life stress
- Credentials
- LISW
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Chris
Chris Freeman-Clark is a licensed independent social worker who works with adults in Ohio. He focuses on practical problems that make daily life harder, such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting concerns, addictions, and problems tied to trauma. He writes plainly and aims to help people find small, usable changes they can try right away.
Chris draws on more than two decades of experience in mental health work. He listens without judgment and treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Background and approach
Sessions are meant to be collaborative, with clear goals and straightforward steps to move forward. In practice he helps people sort through family issues, complicated histories, and grief. He also supports those dealing with hoarding or clutter, addiction concerns, and life changes that feel overwhelming.
He focuses on what can be done next rather than only on what went wrong. Therapy with Chris often combines goal-focused techniques and an emphasis on the person’s own values and motivations. He uses tools that help with thinking patterns, decision making, and building new habits.
The work is practical and paced to each person’s comfort. Clients can expect a calm, steady approach that balances empathy with clear feedback. Chris encourages questions and keeps plans simple.
His aim is to help people feel more capable in their everyday lives.
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes listening and understanding each person’s goals. It helps when someone needs a respectful space to talk and to decide what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It provides simple exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to build healthier habits, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Motivational Interviewing focuses on finding a person’s own reasons to change. It is helpful when someone feels stuck or unsure about taking steps toward different behavior.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with the client to match methods to their needs, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative process can shift over time as goals change.
Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. These formats make it easier to keep momentum between appointments and to use skills in real life. Licensed professionals can adapt the same practical techniques used in person to an online setting, keeping the work focused and goal oriented.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Chris
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