About Christy
Christy Clavio is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience supporting people through stress, addiction, grief, and major life shifts. She practices from North Carolina and focuses on helping people feel more in control of their thoughts, feelings, and actions. Christy emphasizes a holistic, mind-body view.
She draws on approaches that connect mental health and physical wellbeing to help people manage anxiety, depression, sleep troubles, and trauma.
How Christy works
Her work aims to build self-awareness, self-compassion, and a stronger sense of identity. She has worked in a range of settings, including schools, recovery education centers, and systems serving youth involved with social services or juvenile justice. That experience informs how she supports people facing addiction, mood disorders such as bipolar, and complex life challenges.
She also teaches continuing education for other licensed professionals. In sessions, Christy uses strength-based strategies and practical exercises. She offers tools for relaxation, mindfulness, and managing intense emotions so daily life becomes easier to handle.
Creative options such as music-based activities or expressive exercises are available when they fit a person's needs. Her training includes a Master of Social Work degree and the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential. She also holds qualifications in therapeutic massage and natural therapies that influence her integrative practice.
People who want combined talk and body-focused strategies may find her approach a good fit.
What Christy works with
The areas below are the ones Christy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapeutic Techniques and Online Care
Christy often blends mind-body approaches with evidence-based behavioral work. Mind-body techniques involve brief exercises that connect breathing, movement, or relaxation with emotions, which can help with anxiety, stress, sleep problems, and chronic pain. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to reduce worry, improve mood, and manage cravings in addiction recovery.The right approach is something she determines together with each person. Sessions begin by talking about goals and preferences, then she suggests methods to try. That collaborative process lets the plan change over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy with her is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and practicing breathing or movement together, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to get brief support between sessions or to communicate when typing feels easier than speaking. These options aim to make regular therapy more convenient and flexible for different schedules and needs.
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