About Christie
Christie Maether is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people find more balance in their lives. She draws on a person-centered approach and practical therapy methods to help clients manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, and depression. Christie has about ten years of experience in community mental health clinics and school settings.
She often works with young adults and women facing life transitions, identity questions, and pressures that come with high achievement.
Background and approach
Many clients come feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected and want help moving forward. In sessions she listens carefully and treats each person as the expert on their own life. She uses cognitive behavioral tools to help people notice how thoughts, emotions, and actions interact.
Those tools are paired with acceptance-oriented and skills-based strategies to build day-to-day coping. Therapy with Christie looks at the whole situation. That can mean talking through relationships, family of origin patterns, or caregiving stress.
It can also mean working on commitment worries, communication problems, guilt, shame, pregnancy or childbirth related concerns, and issues around self-love and women's health. Her practical focus includes boundary setting, small behavioral changes, and acceptance of things outside one’s control. Christie aims to help people untangle competing pressures, gain clarity, and create a life that fits their values and goals.
Therapy approaches that translate to online care
Christie commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. ACT helps people clarify their values and accept difficult thoughts or feelings while taking action toward what matters most. CBT focuses on noticing and changing patterns of thought and behavior to reduce anxiety and lift mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works together with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and daily life. That collaborative decision-making can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or quick skill practice. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English