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Online therapist

Christy Clavio

Calm practical therapy for families

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Christy

Christy Clavio is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of clinical experience based in North Carolina. She focuses on practical mind-body strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting challenges. Christy centers care on each person’s strengths and helps them build self-awareness and self-compassion.

Her approach is straightforward and grounded in everyday skills parents can use at home. Christy brings training in mind-body counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), trauma-informed care, and addiction recovery.

Background and approach

She also uses mindfulness, relaxation and expressive techniques like music and play in sessions. These tools are used to address sleep and eating issues, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy-related problems. Her background includes work in schools, juvenile justice referrals, recovery education centers, and community mental health settings.

That experience informs a practical style that emphasizes skill-building and small, doable changes. Sessions often focus on aligning thoughts, feelings, and actions to improve daily functioning. Christy teaches continuing education topics such as Healing Trauma in the Body and Mindfulness Through Music for licensed professionals.

She also holds training in therapeutic massage and bodywork, and a Natural Therapeutic Specialist certification, which inform her holistic outlook. Her work often combines talk therapy with relaxation and movement practices. For parents worried about mood, behavior, or coping at home, Christy offers an approach that is compassionate and creative.

She aims to empower families to find routines and tools that fit their lives, with clear steps and practical exercises to try between sessions.

Evidence-based techniques for online family and parenting work

Christy draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns that affect mood and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many daily parenting stressors. She also uses trauma-informed care to create pacing and safety around difficult memories and reactions, which helps when trauma, grief, or burnout affect family life.

Many of her sessions include mindfulness and relaxation practices that teach simple breathing, grounding, and body-awareness exercises. These practices help with stress, emotional regulation, and improving sleep. Together with talk-based techniques, they become concrete tools parents and caregivers can practice at home.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what isn’t, so the work stays practical and focused.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy family schedules. These options make it easier to bring therapy into daily life, try techniques between sessions, and keep momentum without extra travel. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises to the online format so families can build skills from home.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Christy address with families?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting, grief, trauma, sleep and eating issues, relationship and intimacy-related problems, ADHD, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue, and career-related stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and strengths-based, combining talk therapy with mind-body practices, mindfulness, and expressive techniques to build everyday coping skills.
What kind of experience does she bring?
Christy has ten years of clinical experience in schools, juvenile justice referrals, recovery education centers, and community settings working with a range of mental health and addiction needs.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina with licence number NC LCSW C009536.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
How are sessions offered online?
Sessions may be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client’s preference.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English

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