About Christy
Christy Garnhart is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She also supports people facing family and parenting challenges, grief, compassion fatigue, relationship strain, and questions about identity and life purpose. Christy practices in Illinois and communicates in English.
Christy draws on practical, strengths-based methods in session. She helps people spot patterns that get in the way and build small, doable changes.
Background and approach
Conversations are direct and focused on skill-building, coping strategies, and clearer decision making. Sessions are geared toward real-life problems and next steps rather than long academic explanations. Her background includes seven years of clinical experience as an LCSW in Illinois.
That work has included supporting people affected by ADHD, autism spectrum differences, mood disorders, and trauma-related issues. She has also worked with parents navigating blended family challenges and pregnancy and childbirth concerns. Christy often uses Motivational Interviewing to clarify goals and increase readiness for change.
She uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify strengths and small practical steps that move people forward. These approaches shape brief, goal-oriented conversations that fit busy lives. People who choose Christy can expect straightforward guidance, homework that’s realistic, and collaboration on goals.
She invites prospective clients to consider whether her practical style fits their needs and to take the next step when they feel ready.
How her approaches work online
Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people clarify what they want to change and find their own reasons to act. It is useful for making decisions about life changes, treatment choices, or shifting habits. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on strengths and small next steps. It helps people identify what is already working and amplify those actions to reach practical goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to goals, preferences, and the issue at hand. If a strategy isn’t helping, she will adjust the plan so sessions stay useful and focused on measurable progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy days. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection is helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions, share updates, or do brief goal-focused work without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice changes in everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English