Christine Solum

Christine Solum is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) based in Minnesota with 25 years of experience. She offers a warm, interactive style and focuses on practical steps people can use to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and parenting challenges. Christine speaks English and brings steady, calm support when life feels overwhelming.

She draws on client-centered principles, which start by listening and responding to each person’s goals. Christine also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to distress. Sessions tend to be collaborative and tailored to what a person needs right now.

Over the years she has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating divorce and separation, blended family challenges, and infidelity. Christine adapts her approach when pregnancy, postpartum, intellectual disability, or end-of-life issues are part of the picture.

Her practice emphasizes practical tools and clear next steps. Conversations usually focus on identifying patterns, trying small changes, and checking what helps. She aims to make therapy feel doable for people balancing work, parenting, and everyday demands.

If someone is ready to begin, Christine helps them set goals and plot manageable steps toward them. Her background and steady approach are meant to support people through both sudden changes and long-standing struggles.

How client-centered and CBT approaches work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, understanding, and building goals together. It helps when someone needs a judgment-free space to sort feelings, clarify values, and decide what change looks like. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Christine collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She starts by hearing what matters most, then adapts interventions so they fit the person’s life and pace.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins when a short touchpoint will help. It also lets people try techniques between sessions and bring concrete examples from daily life into the room. Licensed professionals, including therapists, can use these approaches effectively when they are matched to what a person wants to work on.