Christie is an EMDR-Trained Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPC-A) emphasizing a solution-focused approach with a blend of motivational interviewing, dialectical behavior therapy, REBT, experiential and art therapy techniques. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The American University and her Secondary Teacher’s Certification from The University of Texas at Austin, and later completed her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Amberton University. As a therapist at HopeWorks, Christie brings years of experience working with families and individuals in need. In addition to being a therapist, she has worked as a family coach, emotional sobriety coach, crisis intervention team leader, and workshop developer. Through her local church, she has led recovery and marriage support groups, worked extensively with adoptive families, provided pastoral care as a lay minister, and started a program for low-income moms. Prior to HopeWorks, Christie worked at a recovery outpatient provider for men struggling with chronic relapse where she provided individual, group, and family counseling.  Christie specializes in working with clients who have been affected by trauma, addiction (such as drug, alcohol, gambling, or sex addiction), chronic relapse, failure to launch, co-dependency, attachment or adoption-related issues. In addition, she has extensive experience working with parents who have a child in crisis. She has also helped individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, personality disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, sexual abuse, ADHD, and oppositional defiant disorder. Christie sees both adolescents and adults in person or through telehealth. She also works with families and parents of both young children and teens.