Giles Christman
Family-focused therapist who values practical steps
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Giles
Giles Christman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 12 years of clinical experience. He focuses on family and relationship challenges and helps parents and caregivers navigate difficult transitions. Giles speaks English and supports people dealing with grief, low self-esteem, and depression.
He uses practical, evidence-based techniques to address attachment struggles and problems with communication. Sessions typically look at how family patterns affect daily life and aim to improve interactions at home.
Background and approach
Giles draws on trauma-informed cognitive behavioral methods to help people manage strong emotions and reduce upsetting symptoms. Giles has worked alongside schools and juvenile justice systems to support families in crisis. That experience informs his approach to blended families, caregiver stress, and youth behavior concerns.
He emphasizes building on a family's strengths rather than focusing only on problems. In sessions he helps clients name patterns such as control issues, isolation, guilt, and shame, and then tries small, practical steps to change them. He also addresses issues like separation, forgiveness, body image, and midlife questions in straightforward terms.
The goal is clearer communication and better day-to-day functioning. Giles practices from North Carolina and holds the credential NC LMFT 1966, which indicates his licensure there. He offers live video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging using a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a parent or caregiver completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability.
Online approaches that fit family life
Giles commonly uses trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques that teach skills for managing upsetting memories, anxiety, and mood changes. This approach breaks problems into small parts and uses practical exercises to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.He also draws on strengths-based work that helps families identify what already goes well and build on those abilities. That method focuses on small, doable steps to improve communication and problem solving at home.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Giles collaborates with caregivers to decide which methods match a family's needs, goals, and comfort level. He adjusts plans as progress is made so the approach stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options make it easier to join from home, coordinate with school or work, and keep continuity during life changes. Giles uses these formats to keep therapy flexible and focused on real family challenges.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
Next step
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