Cristien Storm
Experienced family-focused counselor guiding practical change
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed in
- Washington
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Cristien
Cristien Storm is a Washington-licensed mental health counselor with 18 years of professional experience. She focuses on family and parenting concerns as well as relationship stress, trauma and abuse, and anger. Cristien listens closely and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
She aims to help people find clearer ways to move forward and feel more capable at home and in relationships. She uses practical, evidence-based approaches to address issues like attachment and abandonment wounds.
Background and approach
Sessions also tackle communication problems, control issues, and patterns that cause guilt and shame. Cristien pays attention to how past experiences shape current reactions and helps people build new, healthier patterns. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and collaborative planning.
The therapist works to name patterns, set small goals, and practice skills between meetings. This includes helping people handle panic attacks, manage mood challenges, and reduce social anxiety. Cristien also supports exploration around sexuality, self-love, and women’s issues.
She brings directness to anger work and guides people through forgiveness and navigating isolation. Her style balances gentle curiosity with concrete steps to change. Getting started involves a short matching process and scheduling.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines and needs.
Practical approaches for online family and relationship work
Cristien draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on how past experiences shape current behavior. One approach helps people trace attachment patterns and understand how early relationships influence trust, communication, and closeness; this is useful for addressing abandonment and chronic relationship conflict.Another common technique involves skills-based work for managing strong emotions like anger and panic. These methods teach simple tools to reduce intense reactions, improve breathing and grounding, and practice different responses in real-life moments. This helps with mood challenges, panic attacks, and social anxiety.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cristien partners with each person to identify goals, try methods, and adjust the plan if something does not fit. That collaborative process helps clients choose strategies that match their needs and daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These formats allow people to fit therapy into busy schedules, return to a conversation between sessions, and continue work even when travel or family demands make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to each format so progress continues across different session types.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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