Christopher Lawitzke
Practical support for life transitions
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Christopher
Christopher Lawitzke is an LMSW who focuses on life transitions and practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, grief, and questions about identity. He aims to help clients build clear coping strategies and set realistic priorities. Christopher uses a direct but warm approach and brings humor when it fits the moment.
He draws on Dialectical and cognitive behavioral therapies and motivational interviewing to help people change habits and handle strong emotions.
Background and approach
Those methods are used to develop boundaries, reduce rigid thinking, and practice new ways of responding to difficult situations. Sessions emphasize concrete skills and small, manageable steps. Christopher works with people to make the most of each session and to set goals that fit their life.
He helps clients process past experiences while focusing on what can be done now to improve day-to-day functioning. He also uses tools from Gottman couple counseling methods when relationship issues are part of the work. That can include improving communication patterns and repairing connection where possible.
Christopher balances skill-building with attention to emotions that come up in the moment. With three years as a licensed social worker in clinical practice and a longer history in human services, he brings both practical experience and a straightforward style. Christopher practices in Michigan and conducts sessions in English.
If someone wants to start, he guides them to set clear goals and choose steps that feel doable.
Therapeutic approaches and making them work online
Dialectical behavior-informed techniques teach practical ways to manage intense emotions and tolerate distress without making things worse. This is useful for people struggling with strong mood swings, anger, or difficulty calming down.Cognitive behavioral approaches focus on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing different responses. This helps with anxiety, depression, rigid thinking, and making steady changes in daily habits.
Motivational interviewing is a conversational method that helps people find their own reasons to change. It can be especially helpful when deciding whether to make lifestyle shifts like reducing substance use or improving relationship habits.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.
If you are considering online work, confirm the available session formats before booking since they are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also let someone keep regular momentum on skills practice while balancing work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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