Christi Clark, LISW

Christi Clark is an Ohio-based licensed clinical social worker who offers a calm, conversational approach to therapy. She draws on a decade of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, grief, and the challenges that come with life transitions. Christi aims to make sessions easy to talk in and respectful of each person’s background.

Her style is relaxed and plainspoken. Sessions focus on clear communication, practical skills, and building on what already works in a person’s life. She emphasizes compassion and tries to avoid labels, encouraging people to find paths that fit their values and goals.

Christi uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Those approaches guide conversations about coping with addiction, compassion fatigue, parenting stress, and trauma. She adapts tools to the issues a person brings rather than following a single plan.

Over her ten years in practice Christi has supported people who have experienced emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, as well as those managing chronic illness, caregiving burdens, adoption or foster care concerns, and identity-related stress. She also works with people facing mood and personality challenges and the practical fallout they create.

Christi asks direct questions and listens for what matters most. She helps clients set small, doable goals and practice new skills between sessions. When someone is ready to make changes, she focuses on building steady progress toward a more manageable life.

How these approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for stress, life changes, and low mood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and testing unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal boundaries when emotions feel overwhelming.

Choosing the right method is part of the therapy process. Christi will work together with each person to identify which approaches fit their needs and goals. That collaborative process can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and provide shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let someone practice skills in everyday settings and bring real-life situations into sessions for coaching and problem solving. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and homework to suit remote work and a person’s daily routine.