Christine Shephard

Christine Shephard is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Florida with seven years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and anger. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence and focuses on practical steps people can use each day. She emphasizes honest conversation and steady support while clients work toward clearer goals.

Her main methods include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. She uses these approaches to tackle low self-esteem, motivation struggles, and life transitions. Sessions often include noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing new behaviors, and building routines that reduce overwhelm.

Christine also addresses compassion fatigue and caregiver stress, and she supports people facing grief, chronic illness, or end-of-life concerns. She helps with relationship and communication issues, codependency, and challenges like substance use and bipolar mood management. The work is practical and paced to each person’s needs.

Her style is straightforward and empathetic. She creates space for clients to name their worries and try small changes between meetings. For people juggling work, caregiving, or health problems, she focuses on what is doable right now rather than on distant goals.

Therapy begins with a short conversation to map priorities and set a simple plan. From there she and the client check progress, adjust strategies, and build skills for handling day-to-day stressors and stronger emotional responses, including anger.

How these approaches shape online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying personal values and taking small, meaningful actions even when uncomfortable feelings appear. It helps people manage anger, anxiety, and tough life changes by clarifying what matters and building committed habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice new responses to reduce anxiety, low mood, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening stance from the therapist. It creates space for clients to explore concerns like self-esteem, relationship strain, and compassion fatigue without judgment.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences. That decision can change as the work progresses, and sessions are adjusted based on what is helping most.

The therapist’s biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support steady work on mood, stress, anger, and coping skills while maintaining the same therapeutic methods used in person.