About Maureen
Dr. Maureen Christensen uses a client-centered approach combined with practical techniques to help people make real changes. She is Dr.
Maureen Christensen, a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 34 years of experience based in Nevada. She works in a direct but compassionate style and aims to give people tools they can use between sessions. Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and addictions.
How Maureen works
Relationship and intimacy-related issues are also a common focus, including communication problems, infidelity, commitment concerns, and blended family issues. She also helps people struggling with anger, low self-esteem, abandonment and patterns linked to dependent or avoidant personality traits. Dr.
Christensen blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, mindfulness, and client-centered principles into her work. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice new behaviors, and repair connection with partners where needed. Sessions are practical and aimed at producing steady progress over time.
Her background includes a PhD in Health and Human Services, a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She holds LMFT licenses in Nevada and Arizona. Her education informs a broad, life-span understanding of health and relationship dynamics.
People who come to her often want clear tools and straightforward guidance. She encourages bravery and self-understanding as routes to change, and she supports clients in developing skills to manage life transitions and cope with serious stressors.
Maureen lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Maureen works with
The areas below are the ones Maureen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 34 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Nevada |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapy approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person in their own words and creating a supportive space to identify goals and strengths. This approach helps people feel heard and guides them to make choices that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and habits by teaching concrete skills to change thinking and behavior, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and patterns that feed addictions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift emotional responses in relationships so they can improve connection and resolve recurring conflicts.Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and will adapt techniques as therapy progresses. That means sessions can start with one method and add others if a different tool seems more helpful.
Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video is useful for in-depth work and seeing nonverbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can support brief check-ins, and text messaging helps with ongoing reminders or short reflections between sessions. These options increase flexibility, making it simpler to maintain continuity and momentum in therapy.
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