About Christine
Christine Nusser is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with three decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She practices in Tennessee and focuses on practical ways to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Her style is steady and straightforward, aimed at people who want clear steps and steady support.
In sessions she uses tools drawn from several approaches to match each person’s needs. That might mean working on thoughts and behaviors, strengthening attachment and closeness, or learning skills to regulate strong emotions.
How Christine works
She encourages clients to set small, reachable goals and to notice progress between visits. Her background includes an MSSW in clinical social work and an undergraduate degree in psychology, plus an MBA in finance. Those training experiences inform a pragmatic approach to problem solving and planning.
Over 30 years of practice, she has worked with long-term mood conditions, trauma and abuse, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and complex cases with more than one diagnosis. Therapy is tailored to the individual. Treatment plans aim to reduce symptoms, maintain stability, and support personal growth.
Christine is comfortable combining methods when that best serves a client’s goals. Sessions may include skills practice, behavior change work, emotion regulation strategies, and conversations about relationships and life transitions. She helps people build routines and tools they can use after therapy ends.
Christine lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Christine works with
The areas below are the ones Christine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that move a person toward what matters. It helps when anxiety, depression, or avoidance get in the way of living a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and many stress-related problems. Attachment-Based Therapy centers on how early and current relationship patterns affect emotional safety and closeness, and it can help people improve trust and communication in their relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans may combine elements from different approaches and are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility around busy schedules. Video is helpful when visual cues and longer conversations matter. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and text formats support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into daily life.
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