About Chris
Chris Freeman-Clark is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio with 21 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and problems tied to trauma and abuse. He also supports people dealing with addictions, hoarding, grief, life transitions, and the challenges of ADHD.
He uses straightforward, respectful conversation to help clients figure out practical next steps. Sessions tend to focus on identifying what is getting in the way, building skills to cope, and setting small, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Chris approaches change in a collaborative way rather than lecturing or telling people what to do. His background includes long experience with adults from difficult family backgrounds and people seeking help with clutter or hoarding behaviors. That history shapes a calm, steady style that aims to reduce shame and increase self-compassion.
He encourages curiosity about patterns and offers tools to try between sessions. Motivational strategies are used when someone feels stuck and unsure how to begin making changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to spot unhelpful thinking and practice different behaviors.
Client-centered techniques guide sessions so each person’s priorities lead the work. Chris communicates plainly and with empathy. He helps people break big problems into smaller steps.
The goal is to leave sessions with a clearer plan and doable tasks to move forward.
Approaches and how online sessions can help
Chris uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s priorities and create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where goals are set by the client. This approach helps when someone needs to feel heard and decide what matters most to work on.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try alternative behaviors. CBT is helpful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday challenges because it gives concrete skills to practice between sessions.
Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck or unsure about change; it helps clarify reasons for change and builds motivation to try new steps. The therapist combines these methods to suit the client's needs and goals.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to concerns, discuss options, and adjust methods based on what fits the client's goals and preferences. That shared decision-making helps make therapy feel relevant and useful.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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