About Christian
Christian Specks is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Louisiana with 14 years of clinical experience. She brings a practical focus to therapy and aims to help people manage day-to-day challenges. Her work centers on clear steps people can use right away.
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem problems. She also supports people facing addiction, grief, trauma, bipolar concerns, and difficulties with intimacy. Parenting strains, sleep and eating problems, and career stress are part of her practice too.
How Christian works
Christian uses a mix of familiar, evidence-based approaches. She leans on client-centered work to make space for each person’s voice. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
She also draws from dialectical behavior skills and narrative and solution-focused ideas to create short-term goals and stronger coping skills. Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-oriented. Christian helps people set small, manageable steps and track progress between meetings.
She talks through practical strategies for communication, emotion regulation, and changing daily routines. Her background in social work and experience with special education and disability issues shape how she sees complex family and school-related stresses. This perspective is woven into sessions when relevant, and she helps people navigate systems while addressing emotional needs.
Christian lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Christian works with
The areas below are the ones Christian selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on hearing each person without judgment and building sessions around their priorities. It helps when someone needs support to clarify values, feel understood, and set personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, and it can be useful for anger, mood instability, and distress tolerance.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Christian will work with clients to identify goals, try approaches that match their needs, and adjust methods based on what helps most. The first few sessions often focus on what matters most and establish a plan to track progress together.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people meet face to face from different locations. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to send updates, ask quick questions, or work between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and keep momentum between meetings.
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