Christine Solum

Christine Solum is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Minnesota with 25 years of experience. She offers a warm, interactive approach and helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, and parenting challenges. Christine aims to create a straightforward space for people to talk through what’s hardest right now.

Her work blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral ideas to shape sessions around each person's needs. She listens first, then helps set simple goals and practical steps that fit day-to-day life. Conversations often focus on changing patterns, building coping skills, and improving relationships and self-esteem.

Christine has spent many years supporting people through grief, major life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with ADHD, intimacy-related concerns, and issues connected to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum depression. Additional areas she addresses include autism and Asperger Syndrome, blended family challenges, divorce and separation, infidelity, and OCD-related behaviors.

Her style is flexible rather than one-size-fits-all. Sessions may include problem-solving, skill practice, and reflective talk depending on what a person needs. Christine explains ideas in simple language and focuses on steps people can try between visits.

People who reach out can expect a collaborative relationship where the therapist and client shape the plan together. Christine encourages small, steady changes and supports people as they build more satisfying routines and relationships.

How Christine’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people lead conversations about what matters most to them. It’s useful for building trust, sorting priorities, and finding a direction that feels right for the individual.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and teaches practical techniques to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and managing stress with concrete skills to practice between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that fit the person’s goals, strengths, and daily life. Plans are adjusted as needs change so sessions stay relevant and focused.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule and to keep consistent check-ins without long travel. It also allows for brief check-ins or longer sessions depending on what works best for the person. Confirm the specific session formats Christine offers before booking so you know how appointments will be scheduled and conducted.