About Christopher
Christopher McCarthy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience helping people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. He creates an affirming space where clients can be heard and make steady progress toward goals like greater confidence or healthier relationships. Christopher moves at each person’s pace and uses straightforward language during sessions to keep things practical and manageable.
He holds a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from The New School and a master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Fordham University.
Background and approach
Those degrees and his decade of practice shape an approach grounded in real-world tools rather than jargon. He leans on cognitive behavioral techniques while adding other methods to match what each client needs. Christopher’s style is warm, collaborative, and open to humor when it fits.
He combines mindfulness and emotion-focused ideas when they help someone cope with stress, anxiety, or traumatic memories. Sessions aim to clarify what matters to the client and build small, achievable changes. He works with a wide range of concerns including phobias, depression, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and issues around identity such as gender dysphoria and LGBT-related matters.
Christopher also addresses eating and sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and relationship or intimacy-related challenges. Clients who prefer talking things through in a steady, supportive way will find his approach accessible. He offers teletherapy so people can connect from where they are, and he suggests a brief phone consultation to see if it feels like a good fit before scheduling.
How therapeutic approaches work in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small actions that match what matters to them. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems. Emotionally-Focused ideas help people understand and name strong feelings and use that understanding to improve relationships and emotional coping.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Then they will pick or combine approaches that fit the person’s needs, adjusting as progress is made.
The profile notes that teletherapy is offered, which can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week. Online sessions can save travel time, allow for a shorter check-in when schedules are tight, and let people work with a therapist while traveling or living abroad. Confirm the exact session options with the therapist before booking so logistics match your routine and needs.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Nevada
- Languages
- English
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