About Christopher
Christopher Standish is an LCSW who has nine years of clinical experience. He practices in California and has worked in publicly funded mental health clinics and substance abuse treatment settings. He focuses on straightforward support for stress, anxiety, relationships, anger, self-esteem, and depression.
He aims for respectful and compassionate work. Sessions start by listening to what matters most and understanding a person’s everyday struggles. He then helps people set small, practical steps they can try between meetings.
How Christopher works
Christopher draws on a few different approaches to match someone’s needs. He uses client-centered work to follow a person’s pace, cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and motivational interviewing to build readiness for change. He also integrates narrative and psychodynamic ideas when useful to understand repeated patterns.
He has experience with caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, fatherhood concerns, addiction, attachment and family of origin problems. He also addresses communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt, shame, impulsivity, loneliness, life purpose, and men’s issues. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Christopher explains next steps clearly and helps people pick options that fit their schedules and circumstances. To begin, users follow the Start Therapy flow, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on availability.
Christopher lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Christopher works with
The areas below are the ones Christopher selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following a person’s pace. The therapist creates space for people to say what matters and shapes sessions around their goals, which helps when someone needs steady, empathic support.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change them. It often involves short exercises and practice between sessions, which can be done over video or messaging.
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and build momentum step by step. It’s useful for matters like substance use, motivation, or making life changes because it respects where someone is starting from. The therapist will work together with the client to pick one or a mix of these approaches based on needs and goals. This is a collaborative process that adjusts over time as progress and preferences become clearer.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls give face-to-face conversation, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging lets someone reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping the same clinical tools and structure therapists use in person.
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