Christine Solum, LICSW

Christine Solum is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Minnesota with 25 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families. She works with individuals across a broad range of struggles, including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, life adjustments, and the effects of trauma. Christine emphasizes a warm, interactive approach that aims to put clients at ease while encouraging steady progress.

Her work is integrative by design. She draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques alongside experiential, structural, and internal family systems methods in order to create a plan tailored to each person or family. This flexible approach allows Christine to match interventions to the unique needs, strengths, and goals of those she sees. Conversations and therapeutic tasks are shaped to fit the individual rather than forcing a single method.

Christine views beginning therapy as a courageous step toward a more fulfilling life and greater well-being. She aims to support and empower clients through collaborative planning, practical strategies, and compassionate guidance as they move toward meaningful change.

Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral Care Online

Christine integrates client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to support clients through online care. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating an empathetic, accepting environment in which clients are encouraged to explore their feelings and priorities at their own pace - it is well suited to relationship concerns, life transitions, and building self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and introduces practical strategies to change them, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday coping challenges.

Determining the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Christine collaborates with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and then adapts techniques to fit each person. That collaborative stance helps clients find methods that feel useful and sustainable.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how clients connect with licensed professionals. Christine provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, enabling sessions to fit into busy schedules, accommodate geographic limitations within the region, and support ongoing care between meetings.