Christine Solum, LICSW

Christine Solum is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) in Minnesota with 25 years of experience. She uses a warm, interactive style to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, or trauma. Christine focuses on thoughts and everyday habits alongside emotions and relationships to help people make practical changes.

She adapts her approach to each person rather than following one set method. Christine blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral ideas to shape conversations and tasks that fit daily life. Sessions often include talking through patterns, trying different small strategies, and noticing what changes in routine help reduce distress.

Her background includes work across age groups and many settings, giving her experience with a wide range of concerns such as ADHD, intimacy issues, compassion fatigue, and postpartum depression. She also has experience with autism, blended family issues, divorce and separation, and end-of-life situations. That variety informs how she matches tools to each person’s needs.

In sessions Christine emphasizes practical steps and clear goals. She helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and habits, then practices alternatives during and between sessions. The process is collaborative and paced to the person’s comfort level.

Christine encourages people ready to make changes to take the first step. She works with each person to set realistic goals and develop everyday strategies that can lead to more ease and better functioning over time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and building a trusting working relationship. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects concerns back clearly, and helps people set goals that matter to them. This approach helps when a person wants a supportive space to talk through life changes and emotional challenges.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and routines affect feelings and behavior. It involves noticing unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and trying small behavioral experiments. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, obsessions and compulsions, and everyday habit changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Christine will work with each person to decide whether client-centered conversations, CBT techniques, or a mix will best fit their goals and preferences. She treats that choice as a collaborative decision and adjusts the plan over time.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Licensed professionals can also use remote sessions to focus on thought patterns, practice new habits between meetings, and keep momentum between appointments.