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Christina Anderson

Christina Anderson, LCSW

LCSW - Anxiety and Addictions

Indiana

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Credentials
LCSW
License
LCSW, Indiana / 34005924A; LCSW, Texas / 116231
NPI
1649593344
Experience
15 years
Languages
English
Location
Indiana
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-Focused work

About Christina

Christina Anderson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience in mental health and addictions. She lists stress, anxiety, addictions, family concerns, and social anxiety and phobia among the issues she addresses. Christina works with people across a wide age range and aims to make sessions practical and straightforward.

She uses approaches that focus on values, problem solving, and understanding personal meaning. Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-focused, with room to talk about past experiences that still affect daily life. She draws on methods that can help with relapse prevention, managing mood shifts, and coping with grief and loss.

Christina has worked in community programs, schools, hospitals, homes, crisis response teams, EMS, and specialty health care settings. That background informs how she responds to urgent concerns and to people who face stressful jobs or sudden life changes. She also has experience supporting people through hospice and end-of-life counseling and issues related to HIV and AIDS.

Her practice addresses a broad range of challenges including panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, addiction to drugs and alcohol, relationship strain, parenting stresses, career transitions, and isolation. Christina also lists work with first responders, veterans and armed forces issues, and compassion fatigue among her focus areas.

Sessions are offered in English from her Indiana practice. Cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session through the online therapy options button.

How her approaches translate to remote sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when anxiety is present. It can be useful for social anxiety, worry, and making life changes. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on a collaborative, listening-based relationship where the therapist follows the client's lead and supports self-directed problem solving. That style can help with relationship strain, grief, and building confidence.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christina will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. She treats the selection of techniques as a shared decision and adjusts methods based on how a client responds over time.

Confirm the available session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also let someone avoid being on camera if that helps them engage, or use audio only when bandwidth is limited. These practical benefits can make regular appointments simpler to keep while working toward specific goals.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Drug and alcohol addictionFamily problemsFirst responder issuesHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSexualitySocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyJungian TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Listed in

Indiana, Texas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

Christina works with stress, anxiety, addictions, mood concerns, trauma, grief, and social anxiety and phobia among other issues.

What is her therapeutic style?

She uses conversational, goal-focused sessions that emphasize values and practical steps. Approaches include ACT, client-centered work, and solution-focused techniques.

How much experience does she have?

She has 15 years of experience in mental health and addictions across community, school, hospital, and crisis settings.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is an LCSW and practices in Indiana with both TX LCSW and IN LCSW documented.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are session cost and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps start the process?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Christina AndersonLCSW

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