About Christopher
Christopher Rhodes is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and grief. He also supports those dealing with intimacy concerns, self-esteem struggles, parenting strains, and challenges tied to sexual or relationship issues. Christopher works with people who are wrestling with trauma, compassion fatigue, or big life changes and who want practical ways to feel better.
Christopher takes a straightforward, down-to-earth approach. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of him.
Background and approach
He listens, clarifies what’s getting in the way, and helps people try small, doable steps to make life easier. He draws on tools that teach new ways to think and act when old patterns cause pain. He uses client-centered methods to create a supportive space where people can speak openly and set their own goals.
He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and DBT strategies to strengthen coping skills. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. Christopher trained in clinical mental health counseling and has worked in the field for eight years.
He is licensed as a Florida LMHC and practices with attention to practical solutions and real-world results. He offers services in English and works with clients locally and internationally. In sessions people can expect clear, paced guidance aimed at improving daily functioning.
Christopher helps people work on communication, manage impulsivity, and address issues such as codependency, attachment concerns, shame, and life purpose. He encourages steady progress and realistic goals.
Approaches that guide online work
Christopher often uses client-centered therapy to put the person's priorities first and create a listening space where goals are set together. This approach helps people who feel stuck or unsure what to change by focusing on their values and choices.He also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers practical exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and to build new habits, and it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and some addiction-related issues.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Christopher works collaboratively to choose methods that match each person's goals, needs, and preferences, and he adjusts plans as progress is made. The choice of techniques evolves from regular check-ins and honest feedback between therapist and client.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video is helpful for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, live chat or text messaging can support short check-ins or when typing feels easier, and messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life, or travel while keeping focus on steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English