Dr. Christie Taylor, LPC

Dr. Christie Taylor is an LPC with three decades of experience helping people navigate major life shifts. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, ADHD, and the challenges that come with career and life transitions. She aims to build trust quickly and help people clarify the feelings and thoughts that led them to seek counseling. Her work centers on clients' hopes for their lives and practical steps toward those goals.

Dr. Taylor encourages addressing the past when it affects the present, and she offers ways to set painful memories aside so clients can move forward. She emphasizes recovery from mood-altering substances and believes changes in thinking often shift feelings. Her approach blends individual and group work, with attention to both emotional healing and relapse prevention.

She has more than 30 years of leadership experience in mental health and addiction treatment. That experience includes directing psychiatric programs across levels of care and serving as CEO of nonprofit addiction services. She has also developed programs focused on addiction and chronic pain.

In addition to administrative roles, Dr. Taylor has long been involved in direct counseling. She has worked with children and has a particular interest in supporting teens affected by parental alcoholism and addiction. Her background includes many years teaching mental health and addiction topics at university level.

In sessions she listens first, then helps clients name manageable steps. She blends relational work with practical strategies so people can test changes in their daily life. Dr. Taylor aims to walk alongside clients through recovery and life change rather than dictate a single path.

How her approaches guide online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. In a few sessions clients can spot how safety, trust, and closeness affect their choices in relationships and work on new ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's perspective and priorities; the therapist listens, reflects, and helps people steer toward their goals without pushing a fixed agenda. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns such as persistent worry or anger.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Taylor will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She often blends relational focus with skill-based work so sessions match what people want to change in daily life.

Confirm the current online session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and have shorter check-ins when needed. Online work can also make it easier to continue therapy through life changes and when coordinating care across locations.