Therapist profile
Christi Stephenson, LCSW
North Carolina
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Stress
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, North Carolina / C014485
- NPI1568074060
- Experience6 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationNorth Carolina
About
- Stress and anxiety support
- Anger management strategies
- Trauma informed care
About Christi
Christi Stephenson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina with six years of clinical experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and life changes. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage everyday pressures and recurring frustrations.
Before her current work she spent many years in social work roles, which gave her wide exposure to different life situations and systems. That background informs how she approaches complicated concerns like adoption and foster care, divorce and separation, and post-traumatic stress. Christi draws on straightforward, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address both immediate coping and longer-term patterns.
In sessions she listens for what is getting in the way of daily functioning and for patterns that repeat across relationships. She works with clients to identify specific behaviors and thoughts to adjust, and she offers tools to reduce reactivity and rebuild trust with others. Practical strategies include short skills practice and focused conversation about triggers and responses.
Christi tailors each conversation to the person's current needs while keeping goals clear and manageable. She explains options and partners with clients to choose steps that fit their life. Her aim is steady progress on real issues like work stress, social anxiety, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
People who sign up complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location.
How sessions work
How evidence-based approaches translate to online work
Christi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in clear, practical ways. Cognitive strategies help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns that contribute to anger and anxiety. These techniques teach how thoughts link to feelings and actions, and they are useful for workplace stress, social anxiety, and low self-esteem.She also uses skills-focused training to reduce reactivity. That involves short exercises to practice breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior changes so responses become less automatic. For trauma-related concerns she applies approaches that emphasize safety and gradual processing, helping people manage triggers and rebuild daily functioning.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. She will work with each person to identify goals, try approaches, and adjust plans based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to emphasize and how quickly to progress.
The original biography did not specify session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit regular appointments into a busy schedule, shorten commute time, and allow focused check-ins between other responsibilities. Therapists and licensed professionals commonly use online work to keep momentum and practice skills in real life, while adapting the pace to what the client needs.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self-esteem, career stress, depression, compassion fatigue, and related areas such as adoption and foster care and divorce.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques with short skills practice and focused conversation. The emphasis is on practical tools to reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day functioning.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She holds six years of clinical experience as an LCSW and previously worked in social work roles for many years, which informs her current practice.
What credential and region does she practice under?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What are the session formats and cost?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.