Christie uses a variety of modalities in working with clients:
Cognitive Behavioral Interventions and Tools
Solution-Focused
Person-Centered and Strengths-Based
Motivational Interviewing
Creative and Expressive Arts
Neuroscience
Dialectic Behavior Therapy (Emotional Regulation, Distress Tolerance Skills, Interpersonal Relationship Skills and Mindfulness)
Trained in the Somatica® Method
Certified Sex Therapy Integration Professional
Specialties and area of interests include:
Anxiety, Depression, Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Grief and Loss, Attention Issues, LGBTQ, Trauma, Adjusting to Change, Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue. Teens and Young Adults, Women and Men, Individual and Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Workshops and Speaking, Sexual Wholeness and Wellness Issues.
Many insurances do not allow reimbursement for marital or couples therapy. Please see below for options in packages for couples. Both in person in Madison, Wisconsin and virtual options are available.
Additional Training and Experience:
Adjunct faculty for Master of Arts in Counseling program at Lakeland University for 8 years
Psychotherapist at Central Wisconsin Counseling Associates in Wisconsin Rapids for 15 years
Stress Management Instructor and Adjusting to Parenthood Instructor for Riverview Hospital for 5 years
Trained facilitator for Therapeutic Crisis Interventions for Families, Cornell University, for 5 years
Stress Management Instructor for Riverview Hospital for 5 years
School Mental Health Consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for 3 years
Trained in the Somatica® Method for Sex Education and Relationship Coaching
Certified Sex Therapy Integration Professional
Personal Philosophy
We are all in this together. No one is immune from life's ups and downs, crisis, trauma and stress. We do not have to go it alone and support is there for you. I approach my work from a place of extreme compassion and non-judgment. I truly believe everyone is doing the absolute best they can, given their current knowledge and circumstances. The desire to do better, to make a change, begins inside each individual and it is merely my job to help guide and facilitate the desired change.