Christine Callahan, MD, LCSW-C - Therapist in Maryland

About Christine

Christine Callahan is a licensed clinician who combines practical therapy methods with a warm, listening style. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical - LCSW-C, and she brings 33 years of professional experience to sessions. Christine focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and life transitions.

She aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people can begin making changes at their own pace.

Background and approach

Her usual way of working is to tailor conversations and plans to each person's needs. That can mean using strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thinking. It can also mean drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help someone live by their values while coping with difficult feelings.

Christine also uses client-centered and narrative methods to help people tell their story and decide what matters next. Psychodynamic ideas may be brought in when looking at deeper patterns that repeat in relationships or mood. She has additional experience with issues such as compassion fatigue, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns.

Sessions aim to be practical and focused on what a person wants to change. Christine emphasizes collaboration - she listens first and then suggests steps that fit each person’s life. Her practice in Maryland reflects long experience helping people navigate hard moments and find clearer direction.

To begin, she asks people about their goals and what feels most urgent. From there she and the client build a plan that can include short-term skills work or longer, exploratory therapy depending on needs and preferences.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions, and it focuses on identifying personal values to guide choices. That approach can help with anxiety, grief, and life changes by building small, meaningful steps in daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for stress, depression, and anxiety. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens deeply and follows the client's lead, which can be useful when someone just needs space to sort through what matters.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. That plan can shift over time as needs change, and sessions can mix short-term skills training with deeper exploration depending on what proves most helpful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls let people meet face to face, phone sessions remove travel needs, and live chat or text-based messaging can provide more frequent check-ins or a gentler way to start. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work through transitions or health limitations.

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, LGBT matters, family and intimacy-related issues, anger, career questions, bipolar disorder, depression, coaching needs, and ADHD. Additional focus areas include aging, cancer, caregiver stress, chronic illness, communication problems, divorce, domestic violence, and end-of-life concerns.

What is her general approach in therapy?

Christine blends evidence-based methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered listening, narrative work, and psychodynamic ideas. She tailors the mix to what a person needs and prefers.

How long has she been practicing?

She brings 33 years of professional experience to her clinical work, drawing on long experience with medical, family, and life-transition issues.

What credentials and region are listed?

She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical with license number MD LCSW-C 09139, and she practices in Maryland.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working together?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 33 years
Licensed: Maryland
Languages: English

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