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Online therapist

Christianne Griffin

Family-centered counselor for everyday challenges

Credentials
LPC
Experience
24 years
Licensed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Christianne

Christianne Griffin is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 24 years of experience based in Wisconsin. She focuses on family and parenting concerns along with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Christianne aims to create a calm space where people can talk openly about what’s weighing on them and start to build small, useful changes.

She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and helps people try new ways of handling hard moments.

Background and approach

Sessions are practical and personable, with an emphasis on clearer communication, healthier routines, and stronger boundaries. Christianne uses straightforward techniques so clients can practice between meetings. Her approach blends cognitive behavioral tools with acceptance-based ideas and attachment-focused work when relationships play a role.

She also draws on emotionally-focused methods and client-centered listening to match the work to each person’s needs. This mix helps address mood concerns, trauma histories, and stress from life changes. Christianne has spent more than two decades helping adults manage grief, anger, career shifts, caregiving strain, and chronic health challenges.

She also supports concerns such as ADHD, body image, and blended family issues. Her background emphasizes steady support and clear next steps rather than quick fixes. People who meet with Christianne can expect a respectful, down-to-earth tone and help building skills to cope better day to day.

She explains tools in everyday language and helps make a plan that fits each person’s life and goals.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take steps toward what matters. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments, which often reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety and improves daily routines. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early and current relationship patterns shape responses, and it helps people change how they connect with important others.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, and then try methods that fit. That collaboration helps pick and adjust techniques so they are useful in the client’s everyday life.

Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, caregiving, and medical needs. Clients can practice tools between sessions and check in through messaging when helpful, which supports steady progress without extra travel.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?
She supports a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, anger, career changes, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The style is practical and person-focused. Sessions emphasize clear communication, skill-building, and gentle exploration of feelings in everyday language.
What is her professional background?
She brings 24 years of clinical experience working with adults on mood, trauma recovery, attachment issues, caregiving stress, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Wisconsin with license number WI LPC 4645-125.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

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Experience
24 years
Licensed
Wisconsin
Languages
English

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