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Christie Hines, LCSW

  • Experience8 years
  • LocationKentucky
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Christie

Christie Hines is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eight years of experience helping people navigate hard times. She offers a warm, down-to-earth approach that makes it easier to talk about stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationships.

Background and approach

Christie aims to create a space where people can speak honestly and feel heard. Her work is grounded in practical methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Internal Family Systems, blended with mindfulness and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

Sessions often focus on understanding thoughts and feelings, building coping skills, and improving communication. Christie adapts her style to each person instead of using a one-size-fits-all plan.

She helps people tackle specific issues such as trauma and abuse, parenting strain, family of origin concerns, and the emotional fallout of divorce or separation. Other areas of focus include abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, caregiver stress, and aging-related worries.

Christie also supports those coping with major life changes and natural or human-caused disasters. Her sessions can include gentle conversation, practical skill-building, and work on underlying parts of the self when that fits the person's goals.

Humor and straightforward talk are welcome alongside serious work. Christie believes small changes over time lead to real differences in daily life.

Christie practices in Kentucky and provides services in English. If you are looking for a collaborative therapist who listens and helps you find concrete steps forward, she can be a steady guide.

How Christie brings CBT and IFS work online

Christie's online approach uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Internal Family Systems in ways that people can use day to day. CBT helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills to manage anxiety, stress, and low mood. Internal Family Systems invites a person to notice different parts of themselves and to develop more balanced inner relationships for issues like trauma, shame, and self-esteem.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christie collaborates with each person to decide what methods fit their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the focus over time so the plan grows from what actually helps.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy day. Online work can make it simpler to keep therapy consistent during life transitions or while managing caregiving and work demands. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm current session options and logistics before booking so you know what will work best for your routine.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Christie commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship issues along with parenting and family of origin concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm, supportive, collaborative, and down-to-earth, mixing conversation, humor, and practical tools.
What kinds of clinical approaches does she use?
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, client-centered work, and mindfulness techniques.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
Christie is a LCSW licensed in Kentucky and has eight years of experience working with individuals facing life transitions and stressors.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Christie?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseCoping with life changes

Also works with

GriefParenting issuesSelf esteemDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

Kentucky

Languages

English