- Client-centered focus
- CBT methods
- 25 years experience
About Christine
Christine Solum is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 25 years of experience in Minnesota. She offers a warm, interactive style and focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. Christine also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and life transitions. She lists codependency among her areas of focus.
Her approach centers on the person in front of her. She adapts the way she talks and plans work to fit each individual's needs rather than relying on one fixed method. Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward so people can try new ways of coping between meetings.
Christine often uses client-centered techniques that prioritize the client's perspective and goals. She also draws on cognitive behavioral methods to help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build different behaviors. Over time she blends approaches to address emotions, actions, and daily stressors.
Her background includes long-term work with diverse challenges such as parenting difficulties, postpartum concerns, trauma and abuse, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and caregiving stress. That breadth gives her many options to tailor care when someone is coping with layered problems like grief plus relationship strain.
People who choose her can expect straightforward conversation, focused problem-solving, and a plan that changes as progress is made. Christine invites those ready to take steps toward change to begin with a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches guide online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely, follows the person's lead, and builds goals that matter to that individual. This approach is useful for building trust, clarifying values, and guiding decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different responses. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, OCD tendencies, and stress management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Christine will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She adapts plans over time and checks in to see what is working and what needs to change.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Practical benefits often include easier scheduling around work or family, shorter check-ins when time is limited, and the ability to join from where you are that day. Online sessions can make it simpler to keep continuity during life changes and to try tools discussed in therapy between meetings.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Christine address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, and related concerns such as codependency and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive. She adapts techniques to each person and focuses on practical conversation and problem-solving.
What is her professional background?
She holds 25 years of experience providing clinical social work services across a range of issues including trauma, OCD, postpartum depression, and family stress.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, MN LICSW, practicing in Minnesota.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.