About Christine
Christine Nusser is a licensed clinical social worker in Tennessee with 30 years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and phobias. Her approach is practical and patient-focused, aimed at reducing symptoms and helping people regain stability and confidence.
She listens first and works to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the client’s needs. Techniques are chosen to fit the situation, whether the goal is managing panic, improving communication, or coping with loss.
Background and approach
Christine has a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee and an MBA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She also completed undergraduate studies in psychology at Lipscomb University. Those degrees inform a grounded, real-world approach to care.
Her background includes long-term work with mood disorders, dual diagnoses, trauma and chronic mental health conditions. That experience helps when symptoms are complex or layered. She uses a range of methods drawn from evidence-based approaches to tailor each session.
Christine aims to help people maintain stability, lessen disruptive symptoms, and pursue personal growth. The practice focuses on clear goals, practical skills, and steady support. People who want measurable progress and an experienced clinician for guidance may find her approach helpful.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions toward them while learning to accept difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, phobias, and stress by shifting attention to meaningful steps rather than symptom control. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and phobias because it includes step-by-step tools for coping.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and preferences. Together they decide whether ACT, CBT, or another method fits best and adjust as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions let people work face to face when that is helpful. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Chat and text options suit brief exchanges, ongoing check-ins, or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats make scheduling simpler and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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