About Christi
Christi Fields is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Mexico. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, and struggles with self-esteem and addiction. Christi also supports those facing parenting challenges, ADHD, and intimacy or career-related issues.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. She listens first and builds goals with each person. Sessions aim to reduce distress and find manageable steps that fit everyday life.
How Christi works
Christi values self-determination and works from a harm-reduction perspective rather than pushing for perfection. Christi blends several methods to match what a person needs. She uses client-centered techniques to follow the person's lead, cognitive behavioral strategies to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and solution-focused ideas to set short-term, achievable goals.
Motivational interviewing helps when change feels difficult or motivation is low. Her background includes about ten years of experience in counseling, clinical case management, and parenting psychoeducation. She has worked in settings that intersect with child welfare, criminal justice, and court-related matters, which informs her practical, real-world perspective on problem solving.
People working with adoption, foster care, blended family issues, divorce or separation, fatherhood concerns, family of origin problems, guilt and shame, or intellectual disability will find experience relevant to those topics. Christi aims to create a nonjudgmental space and to help people build a life that feels good enough for them.
Christi lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Christi works with
The areas below are the ones Christi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Mexico |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Christi often uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques in online therapy. Client-centered therapy means sessions follow the person's concerns and pace, focusing on active listening and support. It helps people feel heard and decide what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.She also draws on motivational interviewing when motivation is low and solution-focused ideas to set short-term goals. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The person and therapist discuss needs, preferences, and goals, then try techniques that fit and adjust them over time.
Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or notes between sessions. These options aim to make regular progress more achievable and to meet different communication needs.
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