Christopher Lankford, LCSW

Christopher Lankford is a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW) with five years of practice. He earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of New England in 2018. He frames work around respect and empathy, and he aims to make conversations about thoughts and feelings straightforward and useful.

Christopher focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem, and grief. He also addresses ADHD, bipolar symptoms, trauma and abuse, and concerns related to gender identity and LGBT issues. He helps people who are dealing with major life changes and relationship or family-related stress.

In sessions he emphasizes building practical skills. He uses evidence-based approaches to help people notice and accept difficult thoughts, and to try different responses that reduce suffering. He often teaches tools for managing emotions, increasing motivation, and improving communication.

People who prefer talk that is direct and skill-focused may find his style useful. He aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients can explore what matters to them and practice new habits between meetings. Christopher encourages small, steady steps toward goals rather than quick fixes.

He works from the belief that learning clear strategies can make daily life easier. If you want help with thinking patterns or everyday habits that get in the way, he focuses on practical ways to change those patterns and build more satisfying routines.

How therapy approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when habits of thought get in the way. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to change mood and reactions. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and anger by teaching concrete skills to try between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills; it is helpful when emotions feel intense or impulsivity becomes a problem.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and help decide which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change over time based on what is helping.

Confirm available session formats before booking because they were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and letting people work around school or work schedules. It also makes consistent, regular practice of skills more practical by supporting continuity between appointments.