Dr. Christi Brown, LPC

Dr. Christi Brown is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 21 years of experience. She combines practical skills and clear guidance to help people who want to make meaningful change in their lives. Her background centers on addiction and mood concerns, and she works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, and grief.

She draws on cognitive behavioral approaches alongside attachment-focused and person-centered ways of working. Sessions are straightforward and collaborative. Clients learn tools to manage symptoms and to try new patterns in everyday life.

Her work includes helping people struggling with substance use, depression, bipolar symptoms, and co-occurring challenges. She also supports those facing relationship strain, issues of identity including LGBT concerns, and parenting or fatherhood stresses. Practical problem-solving is balanced with attention to emotional experience.

Dr. Brown has a doctorate in addiction psychology and long experience supervising other counselors. That history informs a calm, informed style in sessions and a focus on measurable steps forward. She often blends skill teaching with reflective conversation to build lasting change.

Therapy sessions can include short-term skill work or longer-term exploration depending on what a person needs. Dr. Brown aims to meet people where they are and help them develop clearer goals and workable plans for change.

How therapy approaches work online

Dr. Brown frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. CBT gives concrete tools people can use between sessions to track progress and try different strategies.

She also works from an attachment-based perspective that looks at how early patterns of relating affect current relationships and emotional responses. This approach can help people improve communication and feel more stable in close connections.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review needs, goals, and personal preferences with the client and recommend which methods to try first. They adjust the plan as progress is made so the approach fits each person's situation and pace.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for busy schedules. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skill coaching, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text are useful for brief check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to practice skills in real time.